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Mercury transit of the Sun
Title |
Mercury transit of the Sun |
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2003-05-07 |
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Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff
Title |
Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff |
Description |
A NASA project Mercury spacecraft was launched at 11:15 AM on April 25, 1961 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The vehicle was destroyed by the Range Safety Officer about 40 seconds after liftoff. |
Date Taken |
1961-04-25 |
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Mercury-Atlas 1 liftoff
Title |
Mercury-Atlas 1 liftoff |
Description |
Mercury-Atlas 1 liftoff from Cape Canaveral on July 29, 1960. |
Date Taken |
1961-03-09 |
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Chimpanzee "Ham" during pref
Title |
Chimpanzee "Ham" during preflight activity prior to Mercury-Redstone 2 flight |
Description |
Chimpanzee "Ham" during preflight activity with one of his handlers prior to the Mercury-Redstone 2 test flight which was conducted on January 31, 1961. |
Date Taken |
1961-01-12 |
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Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff
Title |
Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff |
Description |
View of the Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff from Cape Canaveral on April 25, 1961. |
Date Taken |
1961-04-25 |
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Launch of Mercury-Redstone v
Title |
Launch of Mercury-Redstone vehicle 2 on Jan. 21, 1961 |
Description |
Launch of the Mercury-Redstone 2 vehicle on Jan. 21, 1961. |
Date Taken |
1961-08-10 |
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Astronaut Grissom dons space
Title |
Astronaut Grissom dons spacesuit for Mercury-Redstone 4 mission |
Description |
Portrait of Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom in his pressure suit and wearing his helmet in Hanger S at Cape Canaveral, Florida before the Mercury-Redstone 4 mission. |
Date Taken |
1961-08-09 |
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Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraf
Title |
Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraft in last moments of countdown before launch |
Description |
The Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraft, on the pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida in its last moments of countdown before launch. Notice the personnel still gathered around the base of the rocket. |
Date Taken |
1961-08-09 |
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Recovery of the Mercury-Atla
Title |
Recovery of the Mercury-Atlas 4 |
Description |
View of the recovery of Mercury-Atlas 4 spacecraft which was launched from Cape Canaveral on Sept. 13, 1961. |
Date Taken |
1961-09-13 |
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Launch of the Mercury-Atlas
Title |
Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 4 |
Description |
View of the launch of Mercury-Atlas 4 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on Sept. 13, 1961. |
Date Taken |
1961-09-13 |
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Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraf
Title |
Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraft launching |
Description |
Wide angle view of the launching of Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraft, from the pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft is seen clearing the pad and heading into its suborbital mission. |
Date Taken |
1961-08-10 |
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Launch of the Mercury-Atlas
Title |
Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 4 |
Description |
View of the launch of Mercury-Atlas 4 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on Sept. 13, 1961. |
Date Taken |
1961-10-12 |
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Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraf
Title |
Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraft launching |
Description |
Wide angle view of the Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraft, on the pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida launching. |
Date Taken |
1961-08-10 |
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Mercury capsule mock-up susp
Title |
Mercury capsule mock-up suspended from ship during water egress training |
Description |
A mock-up of the Mercury space capsule is held suspended above the water aboard the ship that is taking Astronauts Grissom and Glenn to their emergency water egress training. |
Date Taken |
1961-04-26 |
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View of Astronaut John Glenn
Title |
View of Astronaut John Glenn insertion into the Mercury Spacecraft |
Description |
View of Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. being inserted into the Mercury Spacecraft "Friendship 7" for the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission on launch day. |
Date Taken |
1962-02-20 |
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Earth observations taken dur
Title |
Earth observations taken during the Mercury-Redstone 2 flight |
Description |
Earth observations taken during the Mercury-Redstone 2 flight. |
Date Taken |
1961-08-10 |
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Earth observations taken dur
Title |
Earth observations taken during the Mercury-Redstone 2 flight |
Description |
Earth observations taken during the Mercury-Redstone 2 flight. |
Date Taken |
1961-08-10 |
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Launch of the Mercury-Atlas
Title |
Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission |
Description |
Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962. |
Date Taken |
1962-02-20 |
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Launch of the Mercury-Atlas
Title |
Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission |
Description |
Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962. |
Date Taken |
1962-02-20 |
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Close-up view of Mercury-Atl
Title |
Close-up view of Mercury-Atlas 4 at Cape Canaveral |
Description |
Close-up view of the unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. |
Date Taken |
1990-01-18 |
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Earth observations taken dur
Title |
Earth observations taken during the Mercury-Redstone 2 flight |
Description |
Earth observations taken during the Mercury-Redstone 2 flight. |
Date Taken |
1961-08-10 |
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Earth observation take durin
Title |
Earth observation take during the Mercury-Redstone 4 flight |
Description |
Earth observation take during the Mercury-Redstone 4 flight. |
Date Taken |
1961-03-17 |
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View of Astronaut John Glenn
Title |
View of Astronaut John Glenn insertion into the Mercury Spacecraft |
Description |
View of Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. being inserted into the Mercury Spacecraft "Friendship 7" for the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. |
Date Taken |
1962-02-20 |
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Earth observations from Merc
Title |
Earth observations from Mercury-Atlas 4 |
Description |
Earth observations of a shoreline taken from the Mercury-Atlas 4. |
Date Taken |
1962-05-17 |
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Fisheye view of Astronaut Jo
Title |
Fisheye view of Astronaut John Glenn insertion into the Mercury Spacecraft |
Description |
Fisheye view of Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. being inserted into the Mercury Spacecraft "Friendship 7" for the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. |
Date Taken |
1962-02-20 |
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Astronaut Scott Carpenter co
Title |
Astronaut Scott Carpenter completes water egress test |
Description |
Project Mercury Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 7, goes through a water egress test. He is in the Mercury pressure suit, without the helmet, and is wearing a life vest. |
Date Taken |
1962-04-18 |
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Astronaut John Glenn poses i
Title |
Astronaut John Glenn poses in Mercury Space Suit |
Description |
Portrait view of Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 earth-orbital space flight, posing in his Mercury Space Suit with his helmet on and visor up. |
Date Taken |
1962-02-20 |
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Astronaut John Glenn practic
Title |
Astronaut John Glenn practices insertion into Mercury spacecraft |
Description |
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, practices insertion into the Mercury "Friendship 7" spacecraft during MA-6 preflight training activity at Cape Canveral, Florida. He is wearing the full pressure suit and helmet (00993), Glenn practices insertion into Mercury capsule with help of a McDonnell Aircraft Corporation technician (00994). |
Date Taken |
1962-02-05 |
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Astronaut John Glenn poses i
Title |
Astronaut John Glenn poses in Mercury Space Suit |
Description |
Full view of Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 earth-orbital space flight, posing in his Mercury Space Suit with his helmet on and visor down. |
Date Taken |
1962-02-20 |
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Earth and sky views taken wi
Title |
Earth and sky views taken with hand-held camera during Mercury-Atlas 7 |
Description |
Earth and sky views taken with hand-held camera by Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter during Mercury-Atlas 7 mission. |
Date Taken |
1962-07-17 |
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Earth and sky views taken wi
Title |
Earth and sky views taken with hand-held camera during Mercury-Atlas 7 |
Description |
Earth and sky views taken with hand-held camera by Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter during Mercury-Atlas 7 mission. |
Date Taken |
1962-07-17 |
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Earth and sky views taken wi
Title |
Earth and sky views taken with hand-held camera during Mercury-Atlas 7 |
Description |
Earth and sky views taken with hand-held camera by Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter during Mercury-Atlas 7 mission. |
Date Taken |
1962-07-17 |
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Launch of the Mercury-Atlas
Title |
Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission |
Description |
The Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7), carrying Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, was launched by NASA from Pad 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 24, 1962. |
Date Taken |
1962-05-24 |
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Earth and sky views taken wi
Title |
Earth and sky views taken with hand-held camera during Mercury-Atlas 7 |
Description |
Earth and sky views taken with hand-held camera by Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter during Mercury-Atlas 7 mission. |
Date Taken |
1962-07-17 |
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Earth and sky views taken wi
Title |
Earth and sky views taken with hand-held camera during Mercury-Atlas 7 |
Description |
Earth and sky views taken with hand-held camera by Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter during Mercury-Atlas 7 mission. |
Date Taken |
1962-07-17 |
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Landing of Mercury-Atlas 8 s
Title |
Landing of Mercury-Atlas 8 spacecraft with parachute extended |
Description |
Landing with parachute extended of Astronaut Walter M. Schirra's Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) capsule, called the Sigma 7, after a world orbital flight. |
Date Taken |
1962-10-11 |
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Launch of the Mercury-Atlas
Title |
Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission |
Description |
Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 8 "Sigma 7" mission |
Date Taken |
1962-10-05 |
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Launch of the Mercury-Atlas
Title |
Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission |
Description |
The Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7), carrying Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, was launched by NASA from Pad 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 24, 1962. |
Date Taken |
1962-09-25 |
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Landing of Mercury-Atlas 8 s
Title |
Landing of Mercury-Atlas 8 spacecraft with parachute extended |
Description |
Landing with parachute extended of Astronaut Walter M. Schirra's Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) capsule, called the Sigma 7, after a world orbital flight. Photo is labeled "Splashdown". |
Date Taken |
1963-11-25 |
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Launch of the Mercury-Atlas
Title |
Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission |
Description |
Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 8 "Sigma 7" mission |
Date Taken |
1962-10-29 |
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Mercury-Atlas 1 liftoff
Title |
Mercury-Atlas 1 liftoff |
Description |
Mercury-Atlas 1 liftoff from Cape Canaveral on July 29, 1960. |
Date Taken |
1963-12-31 |
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Launch of the Mercury-Atlas
Title |
Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 5 |
Description |
View of the lift-off of Mercury-Atlas 5 carrying space chimp "Enos" on November 29, 1961 from Kennedy Space Center. |
Date Taken |
1962-11-29 |
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View of Astronaut John Glenn
Title |
View of Astronaut John Glenn insertion into the Mercury Spacecraft |
Description |
View of Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. being inserted into the Mercury Spacecraft "Friendship 7" for the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission on launch day. |
Date Taken |
1962-02-20 |
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Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraf
Title |
Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraft launching |
Description |
The Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraft, on the pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida is shown about to launch. Notice the smoke begining to be seen at the bottom of the rocket. |
Date Taken |
1961-06-21 |
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Launching of Mercury-Atlas 9
Title |
Launching of Mercury-Atlas 9 |
Description |
Launching of Mercury-Atlas 9. |
Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Preparation for launch of Me
Title |
Preparation for launch of Mercury-Atlas 9 |
Description |
Preparation for launch of Mercury-Atlas 9. |
Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Chimpanzee "Ham" during pref
Title |
Chimpanzee "Ham" during preflight activity prior to Mercury-Redstone 2 flight |
Description |
Chimpanzee "Ham" during preflight activity with one of his handlers prior to the Mercury-Redstone 2 test flight which was conducted on January 31, 1961. |
Date Taken |
1963-11-05 |
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Chimpanzee "Ham" during pref
Title |
Chimpanzee "Ham" during preflight activity prior to Mercury-Redstone 2 flight |
Description |
Chimpanzee "Ham" being assisted into "space suit" prior to the Mercury-Redstone 2 test flight which was conducted on January 31, 1961. |
Date Taken |
1963-11-05 |
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Double Ring Craters
PIA02936
Sol (our sun)
Imaging Science Subsystem -
Title |
Double Ring Craters |
Original Caption Released with Image |
A faint double ring crater is seen at upper right in this picture of Mercury (FDS 166601) taken one hour and 40 minutes before Mariner 10's second rendezvous with the planet September 21. Located 35 degrees S. Lat. The outer ring is 170 kilometers (10 miles) across. Double ring craters are common features on Mercury. This particular feature and the bright rayed crater to its left were seen from a different viewing angle in pictures taken by Mariner 10 during its first Mercury flyby last March 29. The Mariner 10 mission, managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA's Office of Space Science, explored Venus in February 1974 on the way to three encounters with Mercury-in March and September 1974 and in March 1975. The spacecraft took more than 7,000 photos of Mercury, Venus, the Earth and the Moon. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Northwestern University |
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Mercury's South Pole
PIA02941
Sol (our sun)
Imaging Science Subsystem -
Title |
Mercury's South Pole |
Original Caption Released with Image |
Mercury's south pole was photographed by one of Mariner 10's TV cameras as the spacecraft made its second close flyby of the planet September 21. The pole is located inside the large crater (180 kilometers, 110 miles) on Mercury's limb (lower center). The crater floor is shadowed and its far rim, illuminated by the sun, appears to de disconnected from the edge of the planet. Just above and to the right of the South Pole is a double ring basin about 100 kilometers (125 miles) in diameter. A bright ray system, splashed out of a 50 kilometer (30 mile) crater is seen at upper right. The stripe across the top is an artifact introduced during computer processing. The picture (FDS 166902) was taken from a distance of 85,800 kilometers (53,200 miles) less than two hours after Mariner 10 reached its closest point to the planet. The Mariner 10 mission, managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA's Office of Space Science, explored Venus in February 1974 on the way to three encounters with Mercury-in March and September 1974 and in March 1975. The spacecraft took more than 7,000 photos of Mercury, Venus, the Earth and the Moon. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Northwestern University |
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