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F13_016_02

Date

July 1961

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

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black and white photograph

Keywords

Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Space vehicles, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.), Space programs, Press releases

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

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Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

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Language

eng

Transcription

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington 25, D.C. For immediate release: July 17, 1961 a.m. Project Mercury's second suborbital astronaut training flight will be attempted during the week of July 16 with McDonnell Aircraft Corporation's production spacecraft number 11, which has been named "Liberty Bell 7". The number seven stresses the team effort of the seven Mercury pilots necessary for conducting Mercury flights. Mission pilot for the MR-4 launch will be Astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom. His spacecraft is seen here undergoing systems checks in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mercury Hangar at Cape Canaveral, Florida weeks before the planned launch. (NASA PHOTO)

Keywords

Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Space vehicles, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.), Space programs, Press releases

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