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Glenn and STS-95 Go to Space
The seven crew members in tr
10/29/09
| Description |
The seven crew members in training for the STS-95 mission aboard Discovery pose for photographers prior to participating in a training session at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured, from the left, are Pedro Duque, Curtis Brown, Chiaki Nauto-Mukai, then-U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), Stephen Robinson, Steven Lindsey and Scott Parazynski. Sen. Glenn, who served as a payload specialist for the mission, launched with the Discovery crew on Oct. 29, 1998. On Feb. 20, 1962, Glenn piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 Friendship 7 spacecraft on America's first manned orbital mission. Image Credit: NASA |
| Date |
10/29/09 |
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MA-1 Capsule Reassembled Aft
| Title |
MA-1 Capsule Reassembled After Explosion |
| Full Description |
The main objectives of Mercury Atlas-1's (MA-1) were to recover the capsule and test the integrity of the Mercury capsule structure and afterbody shingles. About one minute after liftoff MA-1 exploded and the remaining debris landed 7 miles off the Florida shore. The debris was collected and engineers attempted to reassemble MA-1 to determine the cause of the explosion. |
| Date |
07/29/1960 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Mercury 8 in Hanger
| Title |
Mercury 8 in Hanger |
| Full Description |
Personnel in Hangar S at Cape Canaveral, Florida prepare Wally Schirra's Mercury 8 capsule nicknamed "Sigma 7" for delivery to the launch pad to be mated to the Atlas launch vehicle. |
| Date |
09/10/1962 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Mercury Astronaut Gordon Coo
| Title |
Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper Jr. |
| Full Description |
Mercury Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., in his pressure suit with helmet during Mercury-Atlas 9 prelaunch activities. |
| Date |
02/25/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Carpenter Launch
| Title |
Carpenter Launch |
| Full Description |
Scott Carpenter's Aurora 7 Mercury Atlas rocket lifts off from Pad 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 24, 1962. |
| Date |
09/25/1962 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Glenn at the Cape
| Title |
Glenn at the Cape |
| Full Description |
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. in his silver Mercury spacesuit during pre- flight training activities at Cape Canaveral. On February 20, 1962 Glenn lifted off into space aboard his Mercury Atlas (MA-6) rocket and became the first American to orbit the Earth. After orbiting the Earth 3 times, Friendship 7 landed in the Atlantic Ocean 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds later, just East of Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas. Glenn and his capsule were recovered by the Navy Destroyer Noa, 21 minutes after splashdown. |
| Date |
02/27/1964 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Glenn Enters his Mercury Cap
| Title |
Glenn Enters his Mercury Capsule |
| Full Description |
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. enters his Mercury capsule, "Friendship 7" as he prepares for launch of the Mercury-Atlas rocket. On February 20, 1962 Glenn lifted off into space aboard his Mercury Atlas 6 (MA-6) rocket and became the first American to orbit the Earth. After orbiting the Earth 3 times, Friendship 7 landed in the Atlantic Ocean 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds later, just East of Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas. Glenn and his capsule were recovered by the Navy Destroyer Noa, 21 minutes after splashdown. |
| Date |
02/20/1962 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Glenn Suits-Up for Launch
| Title |
Glenn Suits-Up for Launch |
| Full Description |
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. dons his silver Mercury pressure suit in preparation for launch. On February 20, 1962 Glenn lifted off into space aboard his Mercury Atlas (MA-6) rocket and became the first American to orbit the Earth. After orbiting the Earth 3 times, Friendship 7 landed in the Atlantic Ocean 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds later, just East of Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas. Glenn and his capsule were recovered by the Navy Destroyer Noa, 21 minutes after splashdown. |
| Date |
02/20/1962 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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John Glenn enters his Friend
| Title |
John Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule |
| Full Description |
Project Mercury astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. enters his Mercury ?Friendship 7? capsule before launch on February 20, 1962. At 9:47 a.m. (EST), his Atlas launch vehicle lifted him into orbit for his flight lasting 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds. Onboard Friendship 7, Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, and the third American to fly in space. A faulty signal indicating a problem with the heat shield forced NASA mission controllers to cut the flight to only three orbits, but Glenn returned to Earth safely. |
| Date |
02/20/1967 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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John Glenn OK
| Title |
John Glenn OK |
| Full Description |
Astronaut John Glenn and technicians inspect artwork that will be painted on the outside of his Mercury spacecraft. John Glenn nicknamed his capsule "Friendship 7". On February 20, 1962 astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. lifted off into space aboard his Mercury Atlas (MA-6) rocket and became the first American to orbit the Earth. After orbiting the Earth 3 times, Friendship 7 landed in the Atlantic Ocean 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds later, just East of Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas. Glenn and his capsule were recovered by the Navy Destroyer Noa, 21 minutes after splashdown. |
| Date |
02/02/1962 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Stereo Saturn
| Title |
Stereo Saturn |
| Explanation |
Get out your red/blue glasses [ http://img.arc.nasa.gov/archive/desert96/redblue.html ] and launch [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap971016.html ] yourself into this stereo [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/stereo_atlas/SS3D.HTM ] picture of Saturn! The picture is actually composed from two images recorded weeks apart by the Voyager 2 spacecraft [ http://vraptor.jpl.nasa.gov/voyager/voyager_fs.html ] during its visit to [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/voyager.html ] the Saturnian System in August of 1981. Traveling at about 35,000 miles per hour, the spacecraft's changing viewpoint from one image to the next produced this exaggerated but pleasing stereo effect [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970404.html ]. Saturn is the second largest planet [ http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/saturn.html ] in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Its spectacular ring system [ http://ringmaster.arc.nasa.gov/saturn/saturn.html ] is so wide that it would span the space between the Earth and Moon. Although they look solid here, Saturn's [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000129.html ] rings consist of individually orbiting bits of ice and rock ranging in size from grains of sand to barn-sized boulders. |
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Newton Crater: Evidence for
| Title |
Newton Crater: Evidence for Recent Water on Mars |
| Explanation |
What could have formed these unusual channels? Inside a small crater [ http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo/education/plansurf/plansurfii.html ] that lies inside large Newton Crater [ http://ic.arc.nasa.gov/ic/projects/bayes-group/Atlas/Mars/features/n/newton.html ] on Mars [ http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/mars.html ], numerous narrow channels run from the top down to the crater floor. The above picture [ http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/june2000/newton/index.html ] covers a region spanning about 3000 meters across. These and other gullies [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000623.html ] have been found on Mars in recent high-resolution pictures [ http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/june2000/index.html ] taken by the orbiting Mars Global Surveyor [ http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/overvu/overview.html ] robot spacecraft. Similar channels on Earth [ http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/june2000/labeled/index.html ] are formed by flowing water, but on Mars the temperature is normally too cold and the atmosphere [ http://windows.ivv.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/tour_def/mars/lower_atmosphere.html ] too thin to sustain liquid water [ http://www.es.mq.edu.au/courses/GEOS112/mod2/worsho/06/6_2.html ]. Nevertheless, many scientists now hypothesize that liquid water did burst out here from underground Mars [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/mars.html ], eroded the gullies, and pooled at the bottom as it froze and evaporated. If so, life-sustaining ice and water [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980530.html ] might exist even today below the Martian surface [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000514.html ] -- water that could potentially support a human mission to Mars [ http://www-sn.jsc.nasa.gov/marsref/contents.html ]. Research into this exciting possibility [ http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/hottopics/index.html ] is sure to continue! |
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Mercury Astronauts and a Red
| Title |
Mercury Astronauts and a Redstone |
| Explanation |
Space suited project Mercury [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mercury.html ] astronauts John H. Glenn [ http://politicsusa.com/PoliticsUSA/resources/almanac/ohs1.html.cgi ], Virgil I. Grissom [ http://repos.msfc.nasa.gov/history/mm/grisbio.html ], and Alan B. Shepard Jr. [ http://repos.msfc.nasa.gov/history/mm/shepbio.html ] (left to right) are pictured here posing in front of a Redstone rocket [ http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/pioneer.html ] in this 1961 NASA publicity photo. Project Mercury [ http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/mercury/ ] 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.gov/solarsys/apo14.htm ] and Shepard himself walked on the moon as a member of the Apollo 14 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap951209.html ] mission. |
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Stereo Saturn
| Title |
Stereo Saturn |
| Explanation |
Get out your red/blue glasses [ http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/mpf/glasses.html ] and launch [ http://beacon.jpl.nasa.gov/exhibits/voyager/ default.html ] yourself into this stereo [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/stereo_atlas/ SS3D.HTM ] picture of Saturn! The picture is actually composed from two images recorded weeks apart by the Voyager 2 spacecraft [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/ MasterCatalog?sc=1977-076A ] during its visit to [ http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/sat_missns/ sat-voy2.html ] the Saturnian System in August of 1981. Traveling at about 35,000 miles per hour, the spacecraft's changing viewpoint from one image to the next produced this exaggerated but pleasing stereo effect [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970404.html ]. Saturn is the second largest planet [ http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/ saturn.html ] in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Its spectacular ring system [ http://ringmaster.arc.nasa.gov/saturn/saturn.html ] is so wide that it would span the space between the Earth and Moon. Although they look solid here, Saturn's [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000129.html ] rings consist of individually orbiting bits of ice and rock ranging in size from grains of sand to barn-sized boulders. |
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Stereo Saturn
| Title |
Stereo Saturn |
| Explanation |
Get out your red/blue glasses [ http://img.arc.nasa.gov/archive/desert96/redblue.html ] and launch [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap981224.html ] yourself into this stereo [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/stereo_atlas/SS3D.HTM ] picture of Saturn! The picture is actually composed from two images recorded weeks apart by the Voyager 2 spacecraft [ http://vraptor.jpl.nasa.gov/voyager/voyager_fs.html ] during its visit to the Saturnian System [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/voyager.html ] in August of 1981. Traveling at about 35,000 miles per hour, the spacecraft's changing viewpoint from one image to the next produced this exaggerated but pleasing stereo effect [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970404.html ]. Saturn is the second largest planet in the Solar System [ http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/saturn.html ], after Jupiter. Its spectacular ring system [ http://ringmaster.arc.nasa.gov/saturn/saturn.html ] is so wide that it would span the space between the Earth and Moon. Although they look solid here, Saturn's Rings [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap981105.html ] consist of individually orbiting bits of ice and rock ranging in size from grains of sand to barn-sized boulders. |
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Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff
| Title |
Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff |
| Description |
A NASA project Mercury spacecraft was launched at 11:15 AM on April 25, 1961 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The vehicle was destroyed by the Range Safety Officer about 40 seconds after liftoff. |
| Date |
04.25.1961 |
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Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff and
| Title |
Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff and separation of capsule |
| Description |
These four views were taken by an Igor camera during lift off of Mercury-Atlas 3. Forty seconds after the Atlas left the pad, the vehicle was destroyed by the Range Safety Officer. The Mercury spacecraft separated and was recovered off the Cape Shore. |
| Date |
04.25.1961 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper appe
| Title |
Astronaut Gordon Cooper appears before newsmen at preflight press conference |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury Atlas 9 space mission, appears before newsmen at a preflight press conference. |
| Date |
02.08.1963 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper duri
| Title |
Astronaut Gordon Cooper during flight tests |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, relaxes while waiting for weight and balance tests to begin (03974), Cooper prior to entering the Mercury Spacecraft for a series of simulated flight tests. During these tests NASA doctors, engineers and technicians monitor Cooper's performance (03975), Cooper undergoing suit pressurization tests (03976). |
| Date |
03.01.1963 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper stan
| Title |
Astronaut Gordon Cooper stands beside his spacecraft during preflight testing |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, stands fully suited beside his spacecraft during preflight testing. Cooper named his spacecraft the Faith 7. |
| Date |
05.01.1963 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper walk
| Title |
Astronaut Gordon Cooper walks to elevator to spacecraft "Faith 7 |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. waited inside the transfer van for several minutes and then leaving the transfer van walked to the elevator which took him to the spacecraft "Faith 7" atop the Atlas vehicle for his mission. |
| Date |
05.15.1963 |
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Astronaut John Glenn during
| Title |
Astronaut John Glenn during egress training activity at Langley |
| Description |
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury Atlas 6 space flight, emerges from an Egress trainer during training activity at the Langley Research Center. He is attempting to transfer onto a life raft from the mockup of the Mercury capsule. |
| Date |
12.12.1960 |
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper e
| Title |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper explains camera to backup pilot Astronaut Shepard |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper explains the 16mm handheld spacecraft camera to his back up pilot Astronaut Alan Shepard. The camera, designed by J.R. Hereford of McDonnell Aircraft Corp., will be used by Cooper during the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission to photograph experiments in space for M.I.T. and the Weather Bureau. |
| Date |
01.01.1963 |
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Astronaut Scott Carpenter an
| Title |
Astronaut Scott Carpenter and technician Joe Schmidt during suiting exercise |
| Description |
Mercury Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 flight, and Crew Equipment Specialist Joe Schmidt are before a suiting exercise. Schmidt is seen lacing up Carpenter's boots. |
| Date |
09.01.1961 |
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Astronaut Scott Carpenter an
| Title |
Astronaut Scott Carpenter and technician Joe Schmidt during suiting exercise |
| Description |
Mercury Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 flight, and Crew Equipment Specialist Joe Schmidt are before a suiting exercise. Schmidt is seen checking the gloves on the Carpenter's pressure suit. |
| Date |
09.01.1961 |
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Astronaut Scott Carpenter du
| Title |
Astronaut Scott Carpenter during centrifuge training |
| Description |
Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, during centrifuge training. |
| Date |
08.10.1959 |
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Astronaut Scott Carpenter du
| Title |
Astronaut Scott Carpenter during centrifuge training |
| Description |
Close-up of Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, during centrifuge training. |
| Date |
08.10.1959 |
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Astronaut Scott Carpenter du
| Title |
Astronaut Scott Carpenter during centrifuge training |
| Description |
Close-up of Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, during centrifuge training and U.S. Navy Air Development Center at Johnsville, PA. |
| Date |
09.01.1961 |
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Astronaut Walter Schirra is
| Title |
Astronaut Walter Schirra is assisted into his Sigma 7 spacecraft |
| Description |
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) earth orbital space flight, is assisted by back-up pilot L. Gordon Cooper and NASA engineers into his Sigma 7 spacecraft for the begining of the MA-8 mission. |
| Date |
10.05.1962 |
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Astronaut Walter Schirra to
| Title |
Astronaut Walter Schirra to enter centrifuge during training for space flight |
| Description |
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. prepares to enter gondola of centrifuge which is used to test gravitational stress on astronauts training for space flight. Schirra became the pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 six-orbit space mission. |
| Date |
01.01.1960 |
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Original Mercury Astronauts
| Title |
Original Mercury Astronauts |
| Description |
The original Mercury Astronauts are pictured around a table admiring an Atlas model. Standing, left to right are Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and John H. Glenn, Jr., sitting, left to right are Virgil I. Grissom, M. Scott Carpenter, Donald Slayton, and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. Below the photo is a copy of each man's signature. Alternative photo number is B-59-41. |
| Date |
07.12.1962 |
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Sketch showing location of c
| Title |
Sketch showing location of crewman simulator for MA-4 flight |
| Description |
Sketch showing location of crewman simulator for Mercury-Atlas 4 flight. The simulator will be aboard the spacecraft to place the same loads upon the environmental control systems as would a man. |
| Date |
08.20.1961 |
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Full-length portrait of Merc
| Title |
Full-length portrait of Mercury Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. in spacesuit |
| Description |
Full-length portrait of Mercury Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., in spacesuit during Mercury-Atlas 9 prelaunch activities. |
| Date |
02.26.1963 |
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View of Mercury Control Cent
| Title |
View of Mercury Control Center prior to MA-8 flight |
| Description |
View of Mercury Control Center prior to the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) flight of the Sigma 7. |
| Date |
09.10.1962 |
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Landing of Mercury-Atlas 8 s
| Title |
Landing of Mercury-Atlas 8 spacecraft with parachute extended |
| Description |
Landing with parachute extended of Astronaut Walter M. Schirra's Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) capsule, called the Sigma 7, after a world orbital flight. |
| Date |
10.11.1962 |
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Official portrait of the STS
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Official portrait of the STS
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Chetumal Bay Coral Reef : Im
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
Chetumal Bay lies on the Bor
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2001-01-23 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/ Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth . |
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Chetumal Bay Coral Reef : Im
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
Chetumal Bay lies on the Bor
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2001-01-23 |
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NASA -- Image courtesy eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/ Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth . |
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ISS001-E-5317_lrg |
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Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff
| Title |
Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff |
| Description |
A NASA project Mercury spacecraft was launched at 11:15 AM on April 25, 1961 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The vehicle was destroyed by the Range Safety Officer about 40 seconds after liftoff. |
| Date Taken |
1961-04-25 |
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Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff and
| Title |
Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff and separation of capsule |
| Description |
These four views were taken by an Igor camera during lift off of Mercury-Atlas 3. Forty seconds after the Atlas left the pad, the vehicle was destroyed by the Range Safety Officer. The Mercury spacecraft separated and was recovered off the Cape Shore. |
| Date Taken |
1961-04-25 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper walk
| Title |
Astronaut Gordon Cooper walks to elevator to spacecraft "Faith 7 |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. waited inside the transfer van for several minutes and then leaving the transfer van walked to the elevator which took him to the spacecraft "Faith 7" atop the Atlas vehicle for his mission. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-15 |
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Sketch showing location of c
| Title |
Sketch showing location of crewman simulator for MA-4 flight |
| Description |
Sketch showing location of crewman simulator for Mercury-Atlas 4 flight. The simulator will be aboard the spacecraft to place the same loads upon the environmental control systems as would a man. |
| Date Taken |
1961-08-20 |
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Astronaut Walter Schirra is
| Title |
Astronaut Walter Schirra is assisted into his Sigma 7 spacecraft |
| Description |
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) earth orbital space flight, is assisted by back-up pilot L. Gordon Cooper and NASA engineers into his Sigma 7 spacecraft for the begining of the MA-8 mission. |
| Date Taken |
1962-10-05 |
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Both sides of the Atlantic O
| Title |
Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible in this view from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. The large, most prominent, land mass is the bulge of west Africa. The portion of Africa near the equator is dark and cloudy, but the more northerly portions are clear, showing the prominent cape at Dakar and the Senegal River in Senegal, Cap Blanc, the Adrar Plateau in Mauritania, the wide expanse of desert in Algeria and Spanish Sahara, and at the far edge, the Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Clouds cover the eastern coast of South America, southward from Surinam and Guyana to near the City of Salvador, Brazil. This view was taken after tranlunar insertion. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-22 |
|
Astronaut Walter Schirra to
| Title |
Astronaut Walter Schirra to enter centrifuge during training for space flight |
| Description |
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. prepares to enter gondola of centrifuge which is used to test gravitational stress on astronauts training for space flight. Schirra became the pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 six-orbit space mission. |
| Date Taken |
1960-01-01 |
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Astronaut John Glenn during
| Title |
Astronaut John Glenn during egress training activity at Langley |
| Description |
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury Atlas 6 space flight, emerges from an Egress trainer during training activity at the Langley Research Center. He is attempting to transfer onto a life raft from the mockup of the Mercury capsule. |
| Date Taken |
1960-12-12 |
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Astronaut John Glenn is fitt
| Title |
Astronaut John Glenn is fitted for his space suit prior to liftoff |
| Description |
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., seated in the chair, is fitted for his space suit prior to liftoff of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. |
| Date Taken |
1960-12-12 |
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Astronaut Scott Carpenter du
| Title |
Astronaut Scott Carpenter during centrifuge training |
| Description |
Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, during centrifuge training. |
| Date Taken |
1959-08-10 |
|
Astronaut Scott Carpenter du
| Title |
Astronaut Scott Carpenter during centrifuge training |
| Description |
Close-up of Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, during centrifuge training. |
| Date Taken |
1959-08-10 |
|
Astronaut Scott Carpenter du
| Title |
Astronaut Scott Carpenter during centrifuge training |
| Description |
Close-up of Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, during centrifuge training. |
| Date Taken |
1959-08-10 |
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