071 Back Side of Photograph Mercury Capsule Liberty Bell 7

Creator

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Preview

Identifier

F11_007_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, Space vehicles, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.), Space programs, 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

Cosmosphere International SciEd Center

Comments

For questions contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Recommended Citation

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), "071 Back Side of Photograph Mercury Capsule Liberty Bell 7" (1961). Project Mercury Images. 71.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/mercury/71

Language

eng

Transcription

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington 25, D.C. For Release July 17, 1961 NASA Photo No. 61-MR4-53 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 Administrations Mercury Hangar at Cape Canaveral, Florida weeks before the planned launch.