Preview
Identifier
F03_021_01
Description
This black and white photograph is a collage of each of the seven astronauts portraits along the left and top side and the gondola on the bottom right. Printed text is below the photograph.
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, Glenn- John (1921-2016), Grissom- Virgil I., Schirra- Walter M. (1893-1973), Carpenter- M. Scott (Malcolm Scott) 1925-2013, Cooper- Gordon (1927-2004), Slayton- Donald K. (1924-1993), Group photograph, Human centrifuge, Gondolas
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), "026 Human Centrifuge Surrounded by Portraits of the Mercury Astronauts" (2021). Project Mercury Images. 26.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/mercury/26
Language
eng
Transcription
The gondola of the Navy Human Centrifuge, surrounded by the seven Mercury astronauts. Dr. Chambers, as Project Director/Officer trained and tested each Mercury astronaut many times on this human centrifuge facility. (U.S. Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, along with the other six original astronauts , and later Gemini and Apollo astronauts and candidates, were trained and tested during the time frame of 1958-1970). (RE: Dr. Randall M. Chambers)
Keywords
Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Shepard- Alan B. (Alan Bartlett) 1923-1998, Glenn- John (1921-2016), Grissom- Virgil I., Schirra- Walter M. (1893-1973), Carpenter- M. Scott (Malcolm Scott) 1925-2013, Cooper- Gordon (1927-2004), Slayton- Donald K. (1924-1993), Group photograph, Human centrifuge, Gondolas
Comments
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