159 Back Side of Photograph Astronauts Shepard and Glenn in Mission Control

Creator

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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Identifier

F13_008_02

Date

July 1961

Description

This black and white text is located on the backside of the prior image. This description describes the image and context of the imagery.

Physical Description

black and white photograph

Keywords

Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Shepard- Alan B. (Alan Bartlett) 1923-1998, Men, Astronauts, Glenn- John (1921-2016), Press releases

Rights

This material is free from copyright under Sections 101 and 105 of the United States Copyright Act.

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Repository

Cosmosphere International SciEd Center

Comments

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Recommended Citation

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), "159 Back Side of Photograph Astronauts Shepard and Glenn in Mission Control" (1961). Project Mercury Images. 159.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/mercury/159

Language

eng

Transcription

61-MR4-84 National Aeronautics and Space Administration For immediate release July 22, 1961. 5:00 p.m. EVERYTHING A-OKAY!! - Project Mercury Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, grins approval as Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's second man-in-space calmly announces that MR-4 spacecraft and pilot are ready for launch, Astronaut John H. Glenn, intently watches television monitor from over Shepard's shoulder during final minutes of countdown July 21. Although spacecraft sank on landing, flight was considered successful and pilot was A-Okay. (NASA Photo)