NASA Project Mercury Astronauts during weightlessness training at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Virgil ("Gus") Grissom seated inside a jet cockpit. Aircraft in flight over Edwards Air Force Base. He eats by squeezing food from a tube.
NASA Project Mercury Astronaut during weightlessness training at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Astronaut with full helmet on seated inside a jet cockpit. Aircraft in flight over Edwards Air Force Base.
One of the NASA Project Mercury Astronauts during weightlessness training at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Astronaut seated inside a jet cockpit. Aircraft in flight over Edwards Air Force Base. Astronauts in the Project Mercury program included Virgil Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Donald Slayton, Gordon Cooper, Wally Schirra Alan Shepard.
Atlas missile 27E launches at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Missile blows up soon after its launch. Fire and black smoke rises from the explosion.
Atlas missile 27E launches at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Missile ready for the launch. It falls with a large explosion on the ground. Fire and black smoke rises from the explosion.
Atlas missile 27E launches at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. View of Atlas 27E ready to launch. Large explosion on the ground soon after its launch. Fire and black smoke rises from the explosion. (Note: This was the ninth E-series Atlas launched and the first from the West Coast. The missile suffered combustion instability in one booster engine, the resultant asymmetrical thrust causing it to tip over and explode on impact with the silo wall. OSTF-1 suffered extensive damage and did not host another launch for nine months.)
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