|
Collection:
|
|
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Collection
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Collection
|
|
Title:
|
|
Mercury Astronauts and a Redstone
Title
Mercury Astronauts and a Redstone
Title
|
|
Explanation:
|
Space suited project Mercury [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] astronauts John H. Glenn [ http://politicsusa.…], Virgil I. Grissom [ http://repos.msfc.n…], and Alan B. Shepard Jr. [ http://repos.msfc.n…] (left to right) are pictured here posing in front of a Redstone rocket [ http://www.redstone…] in this 1961 NASA publicity photo. Project Mercury [ http://www.osf.hq.n…] was the first U.S. program designed to put humans in space. It resulted in 6 manned flights using one-man capsules and Redstone and Atlas rockets. Shortly after the first U.S. manned flight on May 5, 1961, a suborbital flight piloted by Alan Shepard, President Kennedy announced the goal of a manned lunar landing by 1970. This goal was achieved by NASA's Apollo program [ http://bang.lanl.go…] and Shepard himself walked on the moon as a member of the Apollo 14 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] mission.
Explanation
Space suited project Mercury [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] astronauts John H. Glenn [ http://politicsusa.…], Virgil I. Grissom [ http://repos.msfc.n…], and Alan B. Shepard Jr. [ http://repos.msfc.n…] (left to right) are pictured here posing in front of a Redstone rocket [ http://www.redstone…] in this 1961 NASA publicity photo. Project Mercury [ http://www.osf.hq.n…] was the first U.S. program designed to put humans in space. It resulted in 6 manned flights using one-man capsules and Redstone and Atlas rockets. Shortly after the first U.S. manned flight on May 5, 1961, a suborbital flight piloted by Alan Shepard, President Kennedy announced the goal of a manned lunar landing by 1970. This goal was achieved by NASA's Apollo program [ http://bang.lanl.go…] and Shepard himself walked on the moon as a member of the Apollo 14 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] mission. Explanation
|
|
Credit and Copyright:
|
Credit_and_Copyright
Credit and Copyright
|
|
facet_who:
|
|
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
facet_who
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
facet_who
|
|
facet_when:
|
|
1970
facet_when
1970
facet_when
|
|
facet_when:
|
|
May 5, 1961
facet_when
May 5, 1961
facet_when
|
|
facet_where:
|
|
Mercury
facet_where
Mercury
facet_where
|
|
facet_where:
|
|
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where
|
|
facet_where:
|
|
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_where
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_where
|
|
facet_where:
|
|
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_where
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_where
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Moon
facet_what
Moon
facet_what
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Atlas
facet_what
Atlas
facet_what
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Mercury
facet_what
Mercury
facet_what
|
|
facet_what:
|
|
Apollo 14
facet_what
Apollo 14
facet_what
|
|
facet_when_year:
|
|
1970
facet_when_year
1970
facet_when_year
|
|
facet_when_year:
|
|
1961
facet_when_year
1961
facet_when_year
|
|
original url:
|
original_url
original url
|
|
UID:
|
|
SPD-APOD-ap960107
UID
SPD-APOD-ap960107
UID
|
