Human astronaut test subject undergoes Mercury suit evaluations in United States. Human subject wears a latex suit, strapped in altitude chamber. Subject holds wire in hand lying in horizontal position. Man standing next to subject, observers him closely. During testing for NASA Project Mercury.
Mercury Astronaut team at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) press conference in Washington DC. Walter Bonney, NASA Information Director who presides at the conference, introduces the seven astronauts. Name plates on the desk reads Lt Malcom S Carpenter, Captain Leroy G Cooper Junior, United States Air Force; Lt Colonel John H Glenn, United States Marine Corps; Captain Virgil I Grissom, United States Air Force; Lt Commander Walter M. Schirra, United States Nations; Lt Commander Alan B Shepard and Captain Donald K Slayton, USAF. These astronauts take their place on stage for the conference. Reporters take notes and interview them during the conference.
Mercury Astronaut team at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) press conference in Washington DC. Astronauts named Lt Malcom S Carpenter, Captain Leroy G Cooper Junior, United States Air Force; Lt Colonel John H Glenn, United States Marine Corps; Captain Virgil I Grissom, United States Air Force; Lt Commander Walter M Schirra, United States Nations; Lt Commander Alan B Shepard and Captain Donald K Slayton, USAF take their place on stage for the conference. NASA logo on a curtain in the background. Photographers take pictures. Astronauts stand with a model spacecraft in their hands.
Mercury Astronaut team at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) press conference in Washington DC. Dr T Keith Glennam Administrator of NASA; Robert Gilruth, Director of Project Mercury and of the Space Task Force Group; Dr Randolph Lovelace, Chairman of the NASA Life Sciences Committee; Brigadier General Donald Flickinger; Captain Norman Barr, United States Navy and Charles Donlam give a brief speech. Astronauts named Lt Malcom S Carpenter, Captain Leroy G Cooper Junior, United States Air Force; Lt Colonel John H Glenn, United States Marine Corps; Captain Virgil I Grissom, United States Air Force; Lt Commander Walter M Schirra, United States Nations; Lt Commander Alan B Shepard and Captain Donald K Slayton, USAF stand and sit on the stage.
Mercury Astronaut team at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) press conference in Washington DC. Astronauts Lt Malcom S Carpenter, Captain Leroy G Cooper Junior, United States Air Force; Lt Colonel John H Glenn, United States Marine Corps; Captain Virgil I Grissom, United States Air Force; Lt Commander Walter M Schirra, United States Nations; Lt Commander Alan B Shepard and Captain Donald K Slayton, USAF answer reporters' questions. Journalists take notes. NASA logo in the background.
NASA Astronaut Virgil Grissom walks towards and enters MASTIF (Instrument panel of producer trainer). He adjusts his helmet and other astronauts help him strap up.
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