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287 Mercury Space Capsule Stock Photos and High-res Pictures

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Replica of the Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft on display in Grand Turk at the entrance to the Grand Turk Island airport, Turks and Caicos, Caribbean

President John F Kennedy presenting Dr Robert R Gilruth with the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in a ceremony held at Hangar 'S' of the Manned...

President Kennedy And Dr Robert R Gilruth

Astronaut John Glenn and the crew of the Shuttle Discovery answer questions from the media at the Kennedy Space Center, FL 08 November with a model...

US-SPACE-GLENN-CAPSULE

The Mercury capsule Friendship 7 in which astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth. 15th May 1962.

John Glenn Capsule

Museum visitors queue to inspect the Mercury-Atlas 6 spacecraft - named Friendship 7 - on the display at the Science Museum, London, England, 14th...

Friendship 7 At The Science Museum, 1962

Man addresses a press conference, with the Mercury spacecraft Mercury-Redstone 3 in the background, at the Science Museum in London, England, October...

Science Museum Press Conference

Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 at the Science Museum, London, October 1965. New press conference to announce that astronaut Colonel John Glenn will...

Friendship 7 Capsule

People queuing to take a look at Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, which arrived at the Science Museum, London, Monday 14th May 1962. The space...

Friendship 7 Capsule

Heat shield of Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, pictured on arrival at the Science Museum, London, Monday 14th May 1962. The space capsule was...

Friendship 7 Capsule

Members of the public patiently wait to take a look at Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, pictured on arrival at the Science Museum, London, Monday...

Friendship 7 Capsule

Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, pictured on arrival at the Science Museum, London, Monday 14th May 1962. The space capsule was piloted by astronaut...

Friendship 7 Capsule

Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, pictured on arrival at the Science Museum, London, Monday 14th May 1962. The space capsule was piloted by astronaut...

Friendship 7 Capsule

Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 at the Science Museum, London, October 1965. New press conference to announce that astronaut Colonel John Glenn will...

Friendship 7 Capsule

People queuing to take a look at Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, which arrived at the Science Museum, London, Monday 14th May 1962. The space...

Friendship 7 Capsule

Members of the public patiently wait to take a look at Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, pictured on arrival at the Science Museum, London, Monday...

Friendship 7 Capsule

People queuing to take a look at Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, which arrived at the Science Museum, London, Monday 14th May 1962. The space...

Friendship 7 Capsule

Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 at the Science Museum, London, October 1965. New press conference to announce that astronaut Colonel John Glenn will...

Friendship 7 Capsule

Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, pictured on arrival at the Science Museum, London, Monday 14th May 1962. The space capsule was piloted by astronaut...

Friendship 7 Capsule

Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 at the Science Museum, London, October 1965. New press conference to announce that astronaut Colonel John Glenn will...

Friendship 7 Capsule

Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, pictured on arrival at the Science Museum, London, Monday 14th May 1962. The space capsule was piloted by astronaut...

Friendship 7 Capsule

Interior view of Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, pictured on arrival at the Science Museum, London, Monday 14th May 1962. The space capsule was...

Friendship 7 Capsule

Heat shield of Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, pictured on arrival at the Science Museum, London, Monday 14th May 1962. The space capsule was...

Friendship 7 Capsule

Jerrie Cobb posing next to a Mercury spaceship capsule, an American woman aviator from Norman, Oklahoma, 1950. Image courtesy National Aeronautics...

This Mercury capsule, number 15B, is one of two left showing the complete one-man spacecraft in its orbital configuration. It includes the silver and...

In this historic capsule, John H. Glenn Jr. Became the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn's flight was the third manned mission of Project...

Aboard the USS Lake Champlain at Sea: Astronaut Alan Shepard, nation's first "man-in-space," takes a last look at the Mercury spacecraft in which he...

Alan Shepard Looks At His Space Capsule

The seven American astronauts inspect an engineering model of the Project Mercury space capsule at McDonnell Aircraft Plant in St. Louis.

Seven American Astronauts Inspect Model

Shepard hoisted from Mercury capsule, 1961. A U.S. Marine helicopter recovery team hoists astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. From his Mercury spacecraft...

Shepard Hoisted From Mercury Capsule

Aboard the USS Lake Champlain- Interior view of the Mercury spacecraft in which astronaut Alan Shepard rode 302-miles from Cape Canaveral, Florida,...

Interior Of Mercury Spacecraft

Astronaut Alan Shepard at a press conference introducing the Project Mercury group, holds a model of the Mercury space capsule.

Alan B. Shepard

Astronaut Alan Shepard and the Freedom 7 space capsule sit on the deck of the USS Champlain aircraft carrier after the completion of the Mercury 3...

Alan Shepard with the Freedom 7 Space Capsule

Astronaut Alan Shepard in the space capsule Freedom 7 just before the launch of the Mercury 3 mission which was the first U.S. Manned spaceflight.

Alan Shepard in a Space Capsule

During his three-orbit flight on February 20 John Glenn used this photometer/rangefinder to measure the airglow layer around the Earth. Sometimes...

At Space Park exhibition, a young boy at the head of a line looks through the porthole of NASA's Friendship 7 space capsule at the World's Fair in...

World's Fair 1964-65, Friendship 7 Module

Crew of the USS Kearsarge ship spell out the words 'Mercury 9' on the flight deck, on the way to the 'Faith 7' Mercury space capsule recovery area,...

U.S.S. Kearsarge

United States Navy divers install a stabilizing flotation collar around Gordon Cooper's Mercury space capsule 'Faith 7', shortly after splashdown,...

Faith 7 Recovery

Cape Canaveral, FL- This diagram shows the planned flight sequence for the sub-orbital Mercury shot, with the inset depicting the recovery of the...

Diagram of Redstone Mercury Flight Sequence

Enos, a 5 1/2 year old space chimpanzee reclines in the flight couch in which he is about to make his space flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA...

Chimpanzee Strapped in and Wired for Space Exploration

The spacecraft Liberty Bell 7. | Location: Cape Canaberal, Florida, USA.

View of the Mercury Redstone Vehicle

Lieutenant Commander Scott Carpenter trains in simulated Mercury capsule.

Scott Carpenter Training in Capsule

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Space and Astronomy hand drawn, doodle line icon set. Group of object. Asteroid, meteor, planet, galaxy.

Cape Canaveral, Fla.: View of the launching of Mercury Atlas with Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter aboard the Aurora 7 Mercury capsule at beginning of...

Aurora 7 Mercury Capsule Launch

At sea aboard destroyer NOA as the sun sets, Lt. Col. John Glenn stands by as technician flown to the U.S.S. NOA from carrier Randolph prepares to...

John Glenn Aboard USS NOA

First aid kit owned by John Glenn, Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, 1962. This first aid kit was part of the equipment assigned to John Glenn for his...

First Aid Kit Owned By John Glenn

Sikorsky HRS-1 U.S. Marine helicopter plucks the Mercury space capsule Freedom 7 from the Atlantic Ocean. Astronaut Alan Shepard landed the space...

Helicopter Lifting Freedom 7 from Ocean

Cape Canaveral, FL-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Lt. Col. John Glenn, standing beside a Mercury capsule .

John Glenn Standing Beside a Mercury Capsule

Cape Canaveral, Florida; Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. In spacesuit beside Mercury-Atlas 6 spacecraft "Friendship 7."

John Glenn with Friendship 7

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Space and Astronomy hand drawn, doodle line icon set. Group of object. Asteroid, meteor, planet, galaxy.

Astronaut John Herschell Glenn Jnr, who became the first American to carry out a space orbit of the earth in the Project Mercury capsule Friendship 7.

Two spacemen "behind the scenes" when the Redstone rocket carrying astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom goes up on July 19th will be alternate John H....

John Glenn and Alan Shepard at Mission Control

Cape Canaveral, Florida: Astronauts Malcolm S. Carpenter, left, and John H. Glenn, Jr., stand in front of a simulated Mercury space capsule on...

Astronauts Standing with Space Capsule

Launch of Mercury capsule containing chimpanzee.

Launch of Mercury capsule containing chi

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Space and Astronomy hand drawn, doodle line icon set. Group of object. Asteroid, meteor, planet, galaxy.

Lift-off of Project Mercury capsule Friendship 7 carrying astronaut John Glenn in 1st Amer. Manned orbital space flight.

Friendship 7 Launch

San Diego, Calif.: J.R. Dempsey, manager of Convair-Astronautics, holds escape tower and capsule from model of Atlas missile which will boost one of...

Astronauts Observing Model Escape Tower and Capsule

Beef and vegetables space food, Mercury Friendship 7 mission, 1962. This space food package contains pureed beef with vegetables and was issued to...

Beef And Vegetables Space Food

Commander Alan B. Shepard, the man selected to inhabit the Mercury capsule on the United States' first attempt to put a man into space, is shown in...

Commander Alan B. Shepard Marrying Louise Brewer

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Space Capsule and Outer Space Line Icon

The Mercury space capsule carried this device, designed by the Honeywell Corporation, which allowed the astronaut to see his orbital track and...

Earth Path Indicator

Cape Canaveral, FL- This is a view of Complex at Cape Canaveral, from the Blockhouse, showing the Mercury/Redstone, gantry and cherry picker. This is...

Rocket & Space Capsule On Launch Pad

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