Photograph of Alan Shepard before Being Placed inside the Mercury Capsule for a Flight Simulation Test Run

Original caption: A closeup of Astronaut, Alan Shepard, in space suit, seated inside Mercury Capsule. He is undergoing a flight simulation test with the Capsule mated to the Redstone Booster. The first attempt to put a man into space by the U.S. aboard a Mercury Capsule will be launched atop a Redstone Rocket. This will be a sub-orbital trajectory shot down the Atlantic Missile Range.
























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