Photograph of John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil L. Grissom and Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Training for the Nation's First Manned Space Flight
Summary
Original caption: The three Project Mercury astronauts training for the nation's first manned space flight are (from left) John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. Grissom and Alan B. Shepard, Jr. The forthcoming sub-orbital launch will be in a Mercury-Redstone spacecraft to give the astronaut realistic space flight experience and to obtain additional test data on operational Mercury spacecraft systems in the space environment. A Mercury-Redstone spacecraft is shown in the background on a launching pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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1958 - 1964
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