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A helicopter attempt to empty sea water from the Liberty Bell 7 fails.

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The Apollo 9 Lunar Module is seen from the command module during the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission.

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During the Friendship 7 mission, John Glenn experiences weightlessness.

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The former NASA Assistant Administrator for Policy and former Assistant Director for Research Applications at the National Science Foundation came to NACA in 1944.

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Langley technicians manufacture the Boilerplate Mercury spacecraft.

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Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot for the Gemini-Titan 4 space flight, floats in space during America’s first spacewalk.

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John Glenn runs through training exercises.

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This astronaut has a big smile after his orbit mission in Faith 7.

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NASA engineers reassembled the MA-1 Capsule to determine what caused the explosion.

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Two astronauts humorously demonstrate zero-gravity during the Skylab 4 mission.

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The Gemini 4 spacecraft awaits recovery with the green marker dye coloring the ocean water.

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Astronauts in the C-131 "vomit comet" simulate weightless flight.

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After his ride in the Little Joe 2 Spacecraft, Sam the Monkey is safely aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer.

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The Mercury pilot, flanked by military medical officers, is on the U.S.S. Randolph.

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Astronaut Ed White floats in space with an earth limb in the background.

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The astronauts' molded couches lean against NASA's model shop wall.

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The Faith 7 Mercury Space Capsule is brought on board with Cooper still inside.

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Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom climbs into "Liberty Bell 7" spacecraft the morning of July 21, 1961.

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Deployed from the hovering helicopter, the U.S. Navy frogmen make contact with the astronaut waiting inside.

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Astronaut John Glenn dresses in his silver Mercury pressure suit preparing for his first orbit around Earth.

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Little Joe's launch vehicle was launched for the first time on Oct. 4, 1959.

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Jerrie Cobb, who was part of the FLATs program, poses next to the Mercury space capsule.

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Edward H. White II became the first American to step outside his spacecraft and let go.
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