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Altitude Chamber Tests
Altitude Chamber Tests

A Mercury spacecraft is moved into the altitude chamber inside Hangar S.

Sigma 7 Readied for Flight
Sigma 7 Readied for Flight

Personnel in Hangar S at Cape Canaveral, Florida, prepare Wally Schirra's Mercury 8 capsule nicknamed "Sigma 7" for delivery to…

August 1962 – Communications Satellite Act Signed
August 1962 – Communications Satellite Act Signed

President Kennedy signed the Communications Satellite Act which created the Communications Satellite Corporation (Comsat). The law also committed the US…

August 1962 – Mariner 2 Launched
August 1962 – Mariner 2 Launched

Mariner 2 was launched a month after Mariner 1 veered off course right after launch. NASA's first interplanetary program was…

Scott Carpenter Suits Up
Scott Carpenter Suits Up

Scott Carpenter is fully suited and is having his gloves adjusted

Carpenter Makes Last Minute Preparations for Flight
Carpenter Makes Last Minute Preparations for Flight

In the crew quarters of Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, John Glenn (left) makes last minute preparations…

Carpenter Sizes Up His Pilot’s Seat
Carpenter Sizes Up His Pilot’s Seat

Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) flight, is seen in Hanger S crew quarters during…

Scott Carpenter Tries On His Spacesuit
Scott Carpenter Tries On His Spacesuit

Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) flight, is seen in Hanger S crew quarters during…

Preparations for Mercury Atlas-7 Mission Underway
Preparations for Mercury Atlas-7 Mission Underway

The Mercury spacecraft and launch escape tower for the upcoming Mercury Atlas-7 mission undergo preflight processing in Hangar S at…

Mercury Capsule Prepared for Flight
Mercury Capsule Prepared for Flight

Mercury Capsule undergoes testing in the White Room of Hangar S.