Hermes A-1 Test Rockets. NASA public domain image colelction.
Full Description: The first Hermes A-1 test rocket was fired at White Sand Proving Ground (WSPG). Hermes was a modified V-2 German rocket, utilizing the German aerodynamic configuration; however, internally it ... More
Mercury Project, NASA history collection
A Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle awaits test-firing in the Redstone Test Stand during the late 1950s. Between 1953 and 1960, the rocket team at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama performed hundreds of tes... More
Early Rockets. NASA public domain image colelction.
This photograph is of the engine for the Redstone rocket. The Redstone ballistic missile was a high-accuracy, liquid-propelled, surface-to-surface missile developed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Redston... More
The First Redstone Rocket Firing
Full Description: (August 20, 1953) The first Redstone was fired at Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 20, 1953. Redstone was the first major rocket development program for United States by the Peenemuende group... More
The first Redstone was fired at Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 20, ...
The first Redstone was fired at Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 20, 1953. Redstone was the first major rocket development program for United States by the Peenemuende group led by Dr. Wernher von Braun. The R... More
NASA Early Rockets, Army ballistic missile agency
U.S. Army Redstone Rocket: The Redstone ballistic missile was a high-accuracy, liquid-propelled, surface-to-surface missile developed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Redstone Arsenal, in Huntsville, Alaba... More
Photographs of Alan Shepard Being Suited up in His Space Gear for a Te...
Original caption: Alan Shepard, one of the three Prime Astronauts selected to take the first space ride in a Mercury Capsule, is being suited up in his space gear for a test simulation flight. The first attemp... More
Jupiter-C, the first American Satellite, Explorer 1 launcher
In January 1958, a modified Redstone rocket lifted the first American satellite into orbit just 3 months after the the von Braun team received the go-ahead. This modified Redstone rocket was known as a Jupiter-... More
Photograph of Alan Shepard before Being Placed inside the Mercury Caps...
Original caption: A closeup of Astronaut, Alan Shepard, in space suit, seated inside Mercury Capsule. He is undergoing a flight simulation test with the Capsule mated to the Redstone Booster. The first attemp... More
Photograph of John Glenn Seating inside the Mercury Capsule during a F...
Original caption: Astronaut, John Glenn, in space suit seated in Mercury Capsule, is undergoing a flight simulation test. The first attempt to put a man into space by the U.S. aboard a Mercury Capsule will be ... More
Ham Launch, NASA Mercury project
Full Description: (January 31, 1961) Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) Launch with chimpanzee Ham aboard. Monkeys had been flown into space before, but Ham was the first higher primate to test a spacecraft...Image # : 61C-1012
John H Glenn Jr., NASA Mercury project
1961 -- The first three Americans in space, Mercury astronauts, from the left, John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom and Alan B. Shepard Jr. standing by Redstone rocket in their spacesuits.
The Launch of Mercury-Redstone. NASA public domain image colelction.
(May 5, 1961) The launch of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3), Freedom 7. MR-3 placed the first American astronaut, Alan Shepard, in suborbit on May 5, 1961...UID: SPD-MARSH-6100884
Ham, a three-year-old chimpanzee - Mercury Project
Ham, a three-year-old chimpanzee, in the spacesuit he would wear for the second Mercury- Redstone (MR-2) suborbital test flight in January, 1961. NASA used chimpanzees and other primates to test the Mercury cap... More
Shepard With Freedom 7 Capsule. NASA public domain image colelction.
(May 5, 1961) Alan B. Shepard, Jr., America's first astronaut, stands in front of the Freedom 7 spacecraft shortly after completion of the third flight of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) vehicle, May 5, 1961. Durin... More
Astronauts Glenn, Grissom and Shepard - Redstone
S61-00239 (1961) --- Mercury astronauts John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. Grissom and Alan B. Shepard Jr. standing by Redstone rocket in their spacesuits. Photo credit: NASA
Freedom 7 Prelaunch. NASA public domain image colelction.
(May 5, 1961) Astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom wishes Alan B. Shepard a safe flight just before insertion into the Freedom 7 spacecraft mated on the Redstone rocket...Image # : 71P-0245
Photograph of Ham the Chimpanzee Reaching for an Apple after Landing S...
Original caption: Ham reaches out from his couch to take an apple from a crewman of the USS Donner. This was the first food for the chimpanzee following a 430 mile ride in a Mercury capsule launched by a Redsto... More
Mercury Project - Freedom 7 spacecraft
Alan B. Shepard, Jr., America's first astronaut, stands in front of the Freedom 7 spacecraft shortly after completion of the third flight of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) vehicle, May 5, 1961. During the 15-minut... More
View of Astronaut Alan Shepard inside the Freedom 7 capsule
S88-31374 (29 April 1961) --- A close-up of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in his space suit with his helmet on inside the Mercury capsule. He is undergoing a flight simulation test with the capsule mated to the... More
A Redstone rocket lies broken on Cape Canaveral Air Station's Complex ...
A Redstone rocket lies broken on Cape Canaveral Air Station's Complex 5/6 after Hurricane Floyd passed along the East Coast of Florida, Sept. 14-15. On the right lies a broken cable, which held the rocket in pl... More
At Cape Canaveral Air Station's Complex 5/6, a Redstone rocket lies br...
At Cape Canaveral Air Station's Complex 5/6, a Redstone rocket lies broken on the pad after Hurricane Floyd passed along the East Coast of Florida, Sept. 14-15. The complex, now dismantled, was the site of the ... More
At Cape Canaveral Air Station's Complex 5/6, a Redstone rocket lies br...
At Cape Canaveral Air Station's Complex 5/6, a Redstone rocket lies broken on the pad after Hurricane Floyd passed along the East Coast of Florida, Sept. 14-15. Still standing behind it are the Explorer I (cent... More
At Cape Canaveral Air Station's Complex 5/6, a Redstone rocket lies br...
At Cape Canaveral Air Station's Complex 5/6, a Redstone rocket lies broken on the pad after Hurricane Floyd passed along the East Coast of Florida, Sept. 14-15. In the foreground lies a broken cable, which held... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More