Personnel in Hangar S at Cape Canaveral, Florida, prepare Wally Schirra's Mercury 8 capsule nicknamed "Sigma 7" for delivery to…
President Kennedy signed the Communications Satellite Act which created the Communications Satellite Corporation (Comsat). The law also committed the US…
Mariner 2 was launched a month after Mariner 1 veered off course right after launch. NASA's first interplanetary program was…
Scott Carpenter is fully suited and is having his gloves adjusted
In the crew quarters of Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, John Glenn (left) makes last minute preparations…
Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) flight, is seen in Hanger S crew quarters during…
Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) flight, is seen in Hanger S crew quarters during…
The Mercury spacecraft and launch escape tower for the upcoming Mercury Atlas-7 mission undergo preflight processing in Hangar S at…
Mercury Capsule undergoes testing in the White Room of Hangar S.
The first 26 meter antenna for the Satellite Tracking and Data Acquisition Network (STADAN) was operational. This antenna in Fairbanks,…
