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Images by Gordon Cooper and Alan B. Shepard, Jr. of Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Mercury astronauts survival
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Mercury astronauts survival training |
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The seven original Mercury astronauts participate in U.S. Air Force survival school at Stead Air Force Base in Nevada. Picture from left to right are L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., M. Scott Carpenter, John H. Glenn, Jr., Alan Shepard, Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and Donald K. Slayton. Portions of their clothing have been fashioned from parachute material, and all have grown beards from their time in the wilderness. The purpose of this training was to prepare astronauts in the event of an emergency or faulty landing in a remote area. |
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1960 |
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Johnson Space Center |
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper e
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper explains camera to backup pilot Astronaut Shepard |
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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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Portrait of seven original M
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Portrait of seven original Mercury astronauts plus new members |
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Portrait of the seven original Mercury astronauts plus new members of the astronaut corps. Seated from left to right are: Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. Standing from left to right are: Edward White, James McDivitt, John Young, Elliot See, Charles Conrad, Frank Borman, Neil Armstrong, Thomas Stafford, and James Lovell. |
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02.19.1963 |
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper e
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper explains camera to backup pilot Astronaut Shepard |
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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 Taken |
1963-01-01 |
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Portrait of seven original M
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Portrait of seven original Mercury astronauts plus new members |
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Portrait of the seven original Mercury astronauts plus new members of the astronaut corps. Seated from left to right are: Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. Standing from left to right are: Edward White, James McDivitt, John Young, Elliot See, Charles Conrad, Frank Borman, Neil Armstrong, Thomas Stafford, and James Lovell. |
| Date Taken |
1963-02-19 |
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Astronauts Shepard and Coope
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Astronauts Shepard and Cooper check instrument panel from Mercury Spacecraft |
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Astronauts Alan Shepard (left) and L. Gordon Cooper (in suit) check over the instrument panel from Mercury spacecraft #20. It contains the instruments necessary to monitor spacecraft systems and swquencing, the controls required to initiate primary sequences manually, and the necessary flight control displays. |
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1963-02-01 |
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