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IMAGO History, Archiv, Raumfahrt, USA, Mercury-Programm 1958-1963

06.12.2023

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  • This photograph shows a group of officials standing before a Mercury-Redstone booster at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Among those in the photograph are astronauts James Lovell, Walter Schirra, and Gus Grissom. Also pictured is Joachim Kuettner who managed responsibilities of MSFC s Mercury-Redstone program. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-163436 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Astronaut Alan Shepard underwent a physical examination prior to the first marned suborbital flight. Freedom 7 carrying Astronaut Alan Shepard, boosted by the Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle, lifted off on May 5, 1961. Astronaut Shepard became the first American in space. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-160359 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Astronaut Virgil I. Gus Grissom, one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April 27, 1959. The MR-4 mission, boosted by the Mercury-Redstone vehicle, made the second marned suborbital flight. The capsule, Liberty Bell 7, sank into the sea after the splashdown. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-160220 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • A NASA mechanic secures the afterbody to a Mercury capsule in the hangar at the Lewis Research Center. The capsule was one of two built at Lewis for the Big Joe launches scheduled for September 1959. The initial phase of Project Mercury consisted of a series of unmanned launches using the Air Force™s Redstone and Atlas boosters and the Langley-designed Little Joe boosters. The first Atlas launch, referred to as Big Joe, was a single attempt early in Project Mercury to use a full-scale Atlas booster to simulate the reentry of a mock-up Mercury capsule without actually placing it in orbit. The overall design of Big Joe had been completed by December 1958, and soon thereafter project manager Aleck Bond assigned NASA Lewis the tas Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-160016 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Astronaut Alan Shepard fitted with space suit prior to the first marned suborbital flight. Freedom 7, carrying Astronaut Alan Shepard, boosted by the Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle, lifted off on May 5, 1961. Astronaut Shepard became the first American in space. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-159880 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Installation of the Mercury capsule on Redstone booster at the Redstone Test Stand. Assembled at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), the Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle was designed to place a marned space capsule into orbital flight around the Earth and recover both safely. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-159871 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • JSC2007-E-046477 (5 May 1961) --- Launching of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission -- the first U.S. manned spaceflight. Original image number was 61-MR3-74. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-159837 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. awaits liftoff in the Freedom 7 Mercury spacecraft on May 5, 1961. This third flight of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) vehicle, developed by D. Wernher von Braun and the rocket team in Huntsville, Alabama, was the first marned space mission for the United States. During the 15-minute suborbital flight, Shepard reached an altitude of 115 miles and traveled 302 miles downrange. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-159347 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • This photograph shows the installation of a Mercury capsule and escape system on top of a booster prior to test firing of the Mercury-Redstone at Marshall Space Flight Center s (MSFC s) Redstone Test Stand. Assembled by MSFC, the Mercury-Redstone was designed to place a marned space capsule in orbital flight around the Earth and recover both safely. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-158793 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • A Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle awaits test-firing in the Redstone Test Stand during the late 1950s. Between 1953 and 1960, the rocket team at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama performed hundreds of test firings on the Redstone rocket, over 200 on the Mercury-Redstone vehicle configuration alone. It was this configuration which launched America s first two marned space missions, Freedom 7 and Liberty Bell 7,in 1961. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-158792 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-20801 (23 Jan. 1961) --- Primate chimpanzee Ham , in his spacesuit, is fitted into the couch of the Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) capsule 5 prior to its test flight which was conducted on Jan. 31, 1961. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54562 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-20800 (31 Jan. 1961) --- Chimpanzee Ham being assisted into spacesuit prior to the Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) test flight which was conducted on Jan. 31, 1961. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54561 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-18198 (31 Jan. 1961) --- Closeup view of the chimpanzee Ham , the live test subject for the Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) test flight, following his successful recovery from the Atlantic. The 420-statute mile suborbital MR-2 flight by the 37-pound primate was a significant accomplishment on the American route toward manned spaceflight. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54556 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S62-01698 (31 Jan. 1961) --- Chimpanzee Ham in his flight couch, after his trip in the Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) on Jan. 31, 1961. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54408 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-03829 (21 July 1961) --- View of the Mission Control Center at Cape Canaveral during the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission. Astronauts John Glenn (left) and L. Gordon Cooper (right) act as spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM). Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54391 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-03705 (1961) --- Close-up view of the fueling of the Liberty Bell 7 for the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54390 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-03645 (5 May 1961) --- Close-up of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., in his pressure suit and helmet, ingressing into the Freedom 7 capsule in preparation for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) mission. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54388 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-03158 (1961) --- Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) missile standing alone on launch pad. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54386 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-03121 (21 July 1961) --- Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) launch of Virgil I. Grissom on July 21, 1961, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54385 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-02894 (21 July 1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) Liberty Bell 7 spaceflight, arrives aboard the recovery ship, USS Randolph, following his 15-minute, 37-second suborbital space mission. He is flanked by military medical officers. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54384 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-02821 (21 July 1961) --- Attempted recovery of Mercury spacecraft at end of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission. View shows the Marine helicopter dropping a recovery line to the capsule. In the upper left corner of the view, the recovery ship and another helicopter can be seen. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54383 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-02792 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., in his pressure suit and helmet, approaches the Freedom 7 capsule in preparation for insertion before the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) mission. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54378 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-02785 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in his pressure suit is seated in a reclining chair while a technician checks communications equipment in his helmet. He is in the suiting trailer before the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned spaceflight. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54377 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-02775 (5 May 1961) --- Close-up view of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in his pressure suit, with helmet opened, for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned spaceflight. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54376 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-02766 (5 May 1961) --- Side view of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in his pressure suit, with helmet closed, for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned spaceflight. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54374 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-02740 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. has his heart rate checked prior to his Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) mission, the first American manned suborbital spaceflight. The attending physician is Dr. William K. Douglas. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54370 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-02711 (5 May 1961) --- Crew members of the U.S. Navy Carrier Champlain cheer and take pictures of the arrival of the first Project Mercury pilot to fly a suborbital flight, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. Two helicopters are approaching the ship, one carrying the astronaut and the other the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) capsule. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54365 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-02547 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., in his pressure suit and helmet, looks into the Freedom 7 capsule in preparation for ingress before the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) mission. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54364 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-02408 (5 May 1961) --- Launching of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) rocket from Cape Canaveral on astronaut Alan B. Shepard s suborbital mission. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54360 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-01908 (5 May 1961) --- This is the launch of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission -- the first U.S. manned spaceflight. The spacecraft is already headed towards its suborbital mission. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54352 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • 1961 -- The first three Americans in space, Mercury astronauts, from the left, John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom and Alan B. Shepard Jr. standing by Redstone rocket in their spacesuits. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54346 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • G60-02665 (1960) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) pilot, wearing pressure suit with body parachute. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54305 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • 61-MR4-76 (1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, suited up and ready to climb into Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, poses for a picture. Backup pilot John Glenn is in the right corner of the view behind Grissom. The Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission was scrubbed a few hours later due to unfavorable weather over the launch pad. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-50588 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Five of the seven original astronauts are seen with Dr. von Braun inspecting the Mercury-Redstone hardware in the Fabrication Laboratory of Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) in 1959. Left to right Astronauts Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and Dr. von Braun. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-39312 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-02921 (21 July 1961) --- Attempted recovery of Mercury spacecraft at end of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission. View shows the top of the capsule before it sinks beneath the waves. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-38076 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-04692 (31 Jan. 1961) --- Earth view from the Mercury Redstone 2 (MR-2) spacecraft. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-888 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-04674 (31 Jan. 1961) --- Earth view from the Mercury Redstone 2 (MR-2) spacecraft. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-887 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-04669 (31 Jan. 1961) --- Earth view from the Mercury Redstone 2 (MR-2) spacecraft. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-886 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S64-10806 (21 July 1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) spaceflight, in his Mercury Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft is checking his flight plan during prelaunch activities. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-879 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-02898 (21 July 1961) --- Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) ?Liberty Bell 7? spaceflight, enjoys a meal aboard the recovery ship, USS Randolph, following his 15-minute, 37-second suborbital space mission. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-876 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-02824 (21 July 1961) --- A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter attempts an unsuccessful recovery of the Mercury-Redstone 4 Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft. The spacecraft hatch opened prematurely, and astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, pilot, escaped into the water. The helicopter hooked onto the spacecraft but could not retrieve it. Grissom was recovered by another helicopter and flown to the recovery ship, USS Randolph. The Mercury spacecraft sank to the bottom of the ocean. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-872 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-02888 (1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, suited up and ready to climb into Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, stands in front of the capsule for a picture. Backup pilot John Glenn is in the right corner of the view behind Grissom. The Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission was scrubbed a few hours later due to unfavorable weather over the launch pad. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-867 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-02882 (1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, suited up and ready to climb into Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, talks with backup pilot John H. Glenn prior to insertion. The Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission was scrubbed a few hours later due to unfavorable weather over the launch pad. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-866 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S61-02839 (1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) spaceflight, suits up for MR-4 simulation training. Assisting is suit technician Joe Schmitt. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-826 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!