Mercury
Mercury (1958-1963) is the first American space project to send an American in space. Launched the 7th of October 1958, 6 days after the American spatial agency NASA officially opened, the program’s objectives were to send a human in space, to find a way to make it safely comeback on Earth and to study the effects of the absence of gravity on human body. The Mercury spacecraft was kept to a minimum, it allowed to carry only one person.
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Mercury, Mercury Control Center, Men at consoles
Mercury, Mercury Control Center, Men at consoles
Photo NASA, original photography
Gelatin Silver print
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Mercury-Atlas 4, Coast of Morocco
Mercury-Atlas 4, Morocco from Space
Coast of Morocco
S62-01285 | MA-4-4713-205 | Sept 13, 1961
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Mercury 4, LAKE TURKANA IN NORTHERN KENYA
Mercury 4, Kenya from Space
Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya
MA-4-4713-337 | Sept 13, 1961
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Mercury-Redstone 4 , Liberty Bell 7 (61-MR4-97)
Mercury-Redstone 4 , Liberty Bell 7 (61-MR4-97), 22/07/1961
Photo NASA, original photography
Gelatin Silver print
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Mercury-Redstone 3, MR-3 standing alone (61-6405)
Mercury-Redstone 3, MR-3 standing alone on Pad, Cherry Picker near Missile (61-6405), 02/05/1961
Photo NASA, original...
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Mercury Redstone 1, Pre launch
Mercury Redstone 1, Pre launch, 21/11/1960
Photo NASA, original photography
Gelatin Silver print
Vintage
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Mercury Redstone 1, Launch test (LOD-61C-181)
Mercury Redstone 1, Launch test (LOD-61C-181), 21/11/1962
Photo by Santomassino
Photo NASA, original photography
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Mercury 3, Lift-Off (LOD-61C-838)
Mercury 3, Lift-Off (LOD-61C-838), 25/04/1961
Photo by McNearny
Photo NASA, original photography
Gelatin Silver...
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Mercury, Control Center, At the top
Mercury, Control Center, At the top
Photo NASA, original photography
Gelatin Silver print
Vintage
25,4 x...
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Mercury 5, West coast of Mexico (61-MA5-21)
Mercury 5, West coast of Mexico (61-MA5-21)
Photo NASA, original photography
Colour gelatin silver print
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Mercury-Atlas 4, Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya - 1
Mercury 4, Kenya from Space
Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya
MA-4-4713-334 | Sept 13,...
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Mercury-Atlas 4, Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya - 2
Mercury 4, Kenya from Space
Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya
MA-4-4713-350 | Sept 13,...
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Mercury 4, Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya
Mercury 4, Kenya from Space
Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya
MA-4-4713-354 | Sept 13,...
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Mercury-Atlas 4, Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya - 4
Mercury 4, Kenya from Space
Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya
MA-4-4713-355 | Sept 13,...
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Mercury-Atlas 4, Hurricane Carla from Space
Mercury-Atlas 4, Hurricane Carla
MA-4-4713-132 | Sept 13, 1961
Sequence # 112 | view of...
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Mercury-Atlas 4, Eye of Hurricane Carla above Earth
Mercury-Atlas 4, Hurricane Carla
MA-4-4713-135 | Sept 13, 1961
Sequence # 115 | view of...
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Mercury-Atlas 4, Clouds over Niger, Libya and Chad
Mercury-Atlas 4, Border of Niger, Libya and Chad
MA-4-4713-270 | Sept 13, 1961
Sequence...
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Clouds over Indian Ocean
Mercury-Atlas 9, Indian Ocean with clouds from Space
S-63-6450 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Clouds over India
Mercury-Atlas 9, First view of India from Space
S-63-6442 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
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Mercury-Atlas 9, South of Hawaii
Mercury-Atlas 9, View of Hawaii, about 12°N, 166°W
S-63-6428 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Indus River above Hyderabad
Mercury-Atlas 9, Indus River above Hyderabad
S-63-6455 |May 15, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.9 -...
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Himalayas in the India-Nepal-Tibet border area - 1
Hymalayas from Space
S-63-6445 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.11 - Extremely...
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Himalayas in the India-Nepal-Tibet border area - 2
Hymalayas from Space
S-63-6441 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.12 - Extremely...
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Tibetan Lake country North of Katmandu and West of Lhasa - 1
View of Tibetan Lake country from Space
S-63-6454 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Tibetan Lake country North of Katmandu and West of Lhasa - 2
View of Tibetan Lake country from Space
S-63-6430 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Tibetan Lake country North of Katmandu and West of Lhasa - 3
View of Tibetan Lake country from Space
S-63-6431 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Pacific Ocean - South East of Japan
Pacific Ocean off Southeast coast of Japan, from Space
S-63-6446 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
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Mercury-Atlas 9, View across Pakistan, Eastern Iran and Afghanistan
Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, from Space
S-63-6446 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Himalayas, Tibet, China, India and Burma
Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, from Space
S-63-6429 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Indus Valley river in Kashmir
First aerial view of the Indus River
S-63-6432 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.19...
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Western Tibet and Kashmir
First aerial view of western Tibet and Kashmir
S-63-6444 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Lakes of Western Tibet
First aerial view of Lakes area of western Tibet.
S-63-6456 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Tibetan Plateau
First aerial view of Tibetan Plateau
S-63-6440 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.22...
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Mercury-Atlas 9, ChengDu (成都市) - China
First aerial view of ChengDu, Province of Sichuan.
S-63-6439 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Changsha (长沙市) - Chine
First aerial view of Changsha, Province of Hunan.
S-63-6439 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Formosa - Taiwan (臺灣)
First aerial view of Taiwan, Straight of Formosa and the Pacific Ocean in the background.
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Solomon Islands
First aerial view of Solomon Islands.
S-63-6436 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Arabia - Aden - Yemen
S-63-6434 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.29 - Extremely rare - Probably the first, human-taken (astronaut...
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Mercury-Atlas 9, Atlas - Maroc
S-63-6433 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.30 - Extremely rare - Aerial view of the Atlas...