046 Back Side of Photograph Animal Handlers Placing Chimpanzee in Mercury Capsule "Couch"

Creator

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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Identifier

F04_003_02

Date

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

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

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Recommended Citation

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), "046 Back Side of Photograph Animal Handlers Placing Chimpanzee in Mercury Capsule "Couch"" (1961). Project Mercury Images. 46.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/mercury/46

Language

eng

Transcription

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, D.C. 20546 For Release: January 28, 1961 Photo No. 61-MR2-9 This photograph is a government publication - not subject to copyright. It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA or by any NASA employee of a commercial product, process, or service, or used in any other manner that might mislead. Accordingly, it is requested that if this photograph is used in advertising, posters, books, etc. Layout and copy be submitted to NASA prior to release. Animal handlers of the Aeromedical Field Laboratory, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, install the top cover over the couch containing a chimpanzee specially trained for flight on Mercury-Redstone 2. The couch and top cover represent the astronaut's couch and full pressure suit combined. MR-2 is one of a series of launches in preparation for manned orbital flight in NASA's Project Mercury program.