The M2-F1 following a hard landing on Rogers Dry Lake in 1963. It hit the lakebed so hard the rolling…
The Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dr. William H. Pickering, sent a memo to his senior staff, redefining responsibilities…
NASA members represented the United States delegation at the Extraordinary Administrative Radio Conference (EARC) to Allocate Frequency Bands for Space…
Gordon Cooper leaves Hanger S for Launch Pad 14.
Gordon Cooper undergoes suit pressurization tests in the crew quarters of Hanger S.
Gordon Cooper, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, leaves Hanger S after completing the day's simulated flight tests.
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, stands fully suited beside his spacecraft during preflight…
Gordon Cooper leaves the Hangar S altitude chamber following a five-Hour training session.
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) Earth-orbital spaceflight, leaves Hanger "S" at Cape Canaveral on…
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) Earth-orbital spaceflight, goes through a suiting-up exercise in Hanger…