CS Photobox 8
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| 1 | 1979.26.0013 | Print, photographic | Glossy black & white; lift-off of Mercury spacecraft; back of photo stamped, "LOD 61-4733 5 May 61, Lift-off of MR-3 & Freedom 7. Pad 5 CCMTA. NASA/Mercury, Official NASA Photo". Color: BK,WH |
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| 2 | 1979.26.0014 | Print, photographic | View of Earth from window of Mercury Spacecraft; back of photograph stamped, "The west coast of Mexico is viewed from the Mercury spacecraft during its first orbit one hour and 21 minutes after lift-off. During the flight the spacecraft reached an apogee of 147.5 statute miles and a perigee of 99.65 statute miles."; NASA, May 5, 1961. Color: BK,WH |
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| 3 | 1979.26.0015 | Print, photographic | Mercury Spacecraft on launching pad July 19, 1961; back of photograph labeled, "U.S. Air Force Photo for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration... Air Force Missile Test Center Photographic Laboratory Operated by RCA, LOD61-6390 7/19/61, CCMTA/NASA/Mercury, Prelaunch Activities on MR-4., Pad 5. unclassified.", RCA inspected. Color: BK,WH |
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| 4 | 1979.26.0016 | Print, photographic | Mercury Spacecraft and Atlas 4 rocket on launching pad August 20, 1961; back of photograph labeled, "National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), For Release: Sunday AM; August 20, 1961; Mercury - Atlas 4, Cape Canaveral, Florida---Mercury - Atlas 4, scheduled for an orbital flight later this week, is shown during one of the prelaunch operations at Launch Complex 14. If all goes well, the unmanned spacecraft will orbit the Earth once and re-enter automatically. The flight will be the fourth in the Project Mercury Atlas--boosted series. LOD 61-6903"; |
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| 5 | 1979.26.0017 | Print, photographic | Glossy black and white paper, drawings of various types of Saturn Rockets (C-1, C-2, C-3); front of photograph labeled, "Saturn Configurations, M-MS-G 34-3-61 May 17-61" three (3) types of rockets are pictured; back of photograph labeled, "NASA-Marshalll Photo, unclassified photo released by -- Public Information Office George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Huntsville, Alabama".manned spacecraft will orbit the Earth once and re-enter automatically. The flight will be the fourth in the Project Mercury Atlas--boosted series. LOD 61-6903"; Color: BK.WH |
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| 6 | 1979.26.0018 | Print, photographic | Launching of a Mercury - Atlas 4 Spacecraft September 13, 1961; back of photograph labeled, "LOD 61-7557 13 Sep. 61 Uncl., Lift-off of MA-4 with capsule #8A. Test #1254, Pad 14, CCMTA. NASA--LOD.". Color: BK,WH |
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| 7 | 1979.26.0019 | Print, photographic | Mercury Space Capsule floating in ocean; back of photograph labeled, "13 Sept. 61 Uncl., Capsule #8A floating in water prior to recovery, NASA-LOD". Color: BK,WH |
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| 8 | 1979.26.0020 | Print, photographic | Seven Project Mercury Astronauts inspecting a console at NASA's Central Control facility; back of photograph labeled, "National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) Photograph, for immediate release, NASA Photo No. 60-M-72 (M-#27), Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- The operation of a console in NASA's Project Mercury Control Central facility at Cape Canaveral is demonstrated by Christopher C. Craft of the Mercury Operations Division to the Mercury Astronauts. The Control Central Facility will monitor capsule location and attitude, the functioning of its systems, and flights from Cape Canaveral. The Astronauts are (left to right) Donald Slayton, Walter Schirra, Virgil Grissom, Alan Shepard, John H. Glenn, Scott Carpenter and Gordon Cooper." Color: BK,WH |
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| 9 | 1979.26.0021 | Print, photographic | Atlas Centaur rocket on launching pad June 19, 1961; back of photograph labeled, "LOD 61-5622 19 June 61 Uncl., Atlas Centaur Tanking test at Pad 36, CCMTA, NASA-LOD."; RCA inspected photo, incorrect information on back has been crossed out with a pencil mark. Color: BK,WH |
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| 10 | 1979.26.0022 | Print, photographic | Saturn 1-C rocket on launch pad; night photograph; back of photograph labeled, "U.S. Air Force Photo for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Air Force Missle Test Center Photographic Laboratory Operated by RCA, 02424-31/9-15-61, LOD 61-7855, CCMTA, NASA/LOD, Pad 34, Activities during R. F. checks SA-1, unclassified-64"; handwritten in pen, "#1 Saturn/C launch-0-15-64". Color: BK,WH |
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| 11 | 1979.26.0023 | Print, photographic | Saturn 1C rocket launch Spetember 15, 1964; back of photograph labeled, "#3-Saturn 1C launch 9115-64, RCA Inspector Acceptable". Color: BK,WH |
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| 12 | 1979.26.0024 | Print, photographic | Saturn 1C rocket launch September 15, 1964; back of photograph RCA Inspector Acceptable, Official Photograph RCA MTP Photographic laboratory, Negative Suppled by Requestor, negative not on file, Air Force Missle Test Center Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, unclassified, RCA Inspector Acceptable"; handwritten in pen, "#2 Saturn 1C launch 9-1-64". Color: BK,WH |
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| 13 | 1979.26.0025 | Print, photographic | Project Mercury Test Chimpanzee named "Ham"; back of photograph labeled, "National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Photograph, For Immediate Release, Project Mercury Chimpanzee "Ham"; spotted on back from tape and blue paper. Color: BK,WH |
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| 14 | 1979.26.0026 | Print, photographic | Project Mercury Test Chimpanzee named "Enos"; back of photograph labeled, " News Release, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Public Information Office, Patrick AFB, Florida, Telephones UL 7- 4318 and UL 7-2861, NASA, for Release - immediate, 61-MA-5-4, November 29, 1961 Cape Canaveral, Florida.......Enos, a 5 1/2 year old chimpanzee, is fitted into his pressure couch prior to a three-orbital flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Weighing 37 1/2 pounds and measuring 38 inches in height, the male chimpanzee was selected from among a group of five animals which had been trained for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Project Mercury flights", NASA insignia in upper left corner. Color: BK,WH |
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