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Identifier
F13_010_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, 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
Recommended Citation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), "163 Back Side of Photograph Astronaut Alan B. Shepard at Mercury Control" (1961). Project Mercury Images. 163.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/mercury/163
Language
eng
Transcription
61-MR4-88 National Aeronautics and Space Administration For immediate release July 22, 1961. First U.S. man-into-space, Alan B. Shepard mans the voice communication console in Mercury Control during Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom's Mercury-Redstone 4 flight July 21, 1961. Alan appears to be physically helping "Gus" Grissom fly the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft. (NASA Photo)
Keywords
Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Shepard- Alan B. (Alan Bartlett) 1923-1998, Men, Astronauts, Press releases
Comments
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