Project Mercury astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, assisted by McDonnell technicians, leaves Mercury spacecraft, dubbed Liberty Bell 7, following simulated…
The Mercury Space Flight Network (MSFN) was completed with 18 ground tracking stations and two ships in the Atlantic and…
The Deep Space Network’s third 26 meter antenna near Johannesburg, South Africa was completed. The station was favored because it…
Spacesuit Test for Alan Shepard
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in flight couch for final check before insertion into capsule for his Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3)…
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard is being assisted by a technician in getting into his space suit at 2:45 a.m. this…
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. is being helped into the lower half of his pressure suit for the Mercury-Redstone 3…
Astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn at breakfast before Shepard's Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) spaceflight.
President Kennedy addressed a joint session of Congress stating that the US would send a man to the Moon and…
Alan Shepard piloted his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule for a 15 minute suborbital flight with no communication glitches. He was…
