Space History Photo: Boilerplate Mercury Capsule By NASA Archives Engineers inspect a boilerplate Mercury capsule.
Space History Photo: Kathy Sullivan Dons Her Suit By NASA Archives Astronaut Kathy Sullivan poses for a picture with her space suit.
Space History Photo: Little Joe 5B High-Q-Abort Test By NASA Archives A Mercury spacecraft lands in the ocean after launched from Little Joe in a High-Q-Abort test.
Space History Photo: Cooper Egressing 'Faith 7' By NASA Archives After a successful mission, Cooper is assisted from his mercury capsule.
Space History Photo: Materials Science Experiments Conducted at MSFC By NASA Archives The first all-female crew of scientific experimenters prepare experiments that were used during the Space Shuttle/Spacelab missions.
Space History Photo: Failed Attempt to Recover Liberty Bell 7 By NASA Archives A helicopter attempt to empty sea water from the Liberty Bell 7 fails.
Space History Photo: 'Spider' Over The Ocean By NASA Archives The Apollo 9 Lunar Module is seen from the command module during the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission.
Space History Photos: Astronaut John Glenn in a State of Weightlessness During Friendship By NASA Archives During the Friendship 7 mission, John Glenn experiences weightlessness.
Space History Photo: Alfred J. Eggers By NASA Archives The former NASA Assistant Administrator for Policy and former Assistant Director for Research Applications at the National Science Foundation came to NACA in 1944.
Space History Photo: Mercury Spacecraft Boilerplate By NASA Archives Langley technicians manufacture the Boilerplate Mercury spacecraft.
Space History Photo: Ed White Performs First US Spacewalk By NASA Archives Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot for the Gemini-Titan 4 space flight, floats in space during America’s first spacewalk.
Space History Photo: John Glenn in the Mercury Procedures Trainer By NASA Archives John Glenn runs through training exercises.
Space History Photo: Cooper Inside Faith 7 After Hatch is Blown By NASA Archives This astronaut has a big smile after his orbit mission in Faith 7.
Space History Photo: MA-1 Capsule Reassembled After Explosion By NASA Archives NASA engineers reassembled the MA-1 Capsule to determine what caused the explosion.
Space History Photo: Carr and Pogue in Skylab By NASA Archives Two astronauts humorously demonstrate zero-gravity during the Skylab 4 mission.
Space History Photo: Gemini 4 Recovery with Green Marker Dye By NASA Archives The Gemini 4 spacecraft awaits recovery with the green marker dye coloring the ocean water.
Space History Photo: Mercury Astronauts in Weightless Flight on C-131 Aircraft By NASA Archives Astronauts in the C-131 "vomit comet" simulate weightless flight.
Space History Photo: Sam the Monkey After His Ride in the Little Joe 2 Spacecraft By NASA Archives After his ride in the Little Joe 2 Spacecraft, Sam the Monkey is safely aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer.
Space History Photo: Grissom Onboard the USS Randolph By NASA Archives The Mercury pilot, flanked by military medical officers, is on the U.S.S. Randolph.
Space History Photo: White Earth Limb By NASA Archives Astronaut Ed White floats in space with an earth limb in the background.
Space History Photo: Molded Astronaut Couches By NASA Archives The astronauts' molded couches lean against NASA's model shop wall.
Space History Photo: Cooper and Capsule on Deck By NASA Archives The Faith 7 Mercury Space Capsule is brought on board with Cooper still inside.
Space History Photo: Grissom Climbs into Liberty Bell 7 By NASA Archives Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom climbs into "Liberty Bell 7" spacecraft the morning of July 21, 1961.
Space History Photo: Navy Frogmen Swim to Spacecraft to Begin Retrieval By NASA Archives Deployed from the hovering helicopter, the U.S. Navy frogmen make contact with the astronaut waiting inside.
Space History Photo: Glenn Suits-Up for Launch By NASA Archives Astronaut John Glenn dresses in his silver Mercury pressure suit preparing for his first orbit around Earth.