Group shot of the original 7 Mercury astronauts in spacesuits at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC),…

Launch of Freedom 7, the first American manned suborbital space flight. Astronaut Alan Shepard aboar…

Launch of Friendship 7, the first American manned orbital space flight. Astronaut John Glenn aboard,…

Dr. Wernher von Braun and Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in the blockhouse during the recovery operation…

The Atlas launch vehicle is shown being unloaded at Cape Canaveral, Florida. This vehicle was expect…