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Identifier

F03_019_01

Date

January 1961

Description

This black and white photograph features astronaut Gus Grissom in his pressure suit on the contoured couch during an altitude depressurized text. Two men are behind him. One is in uniform, and the other one is in a suit and holding a phone. Printed text is on the left side of the photograph.

Physical Description

black and white photograph

Keywords

Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Warminster (Pa.), Johnsville (Pa.), Grissom- Virgil I., Men, Astronauts, Human centrifuge

Rights

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

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

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Language

eng

Transcription

Astronaut Gus Grissom in his Mercury pressure suit and contour couch for testing prior to centrifuge, altitude depressurized runs, during launch and reentry training for Mercury-Redstone, 1961. (RE: Dr. Randall M. Chambers)

Keywords

Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Warminster (Pa.), Johnsville (Pa.), Grissom- Virgil I., Men, Astronauts, Human centrifuge

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