Enos: The Forgotten Chimp | National Air and Space Museum
30 Nov 2021 at 12:19am
Despite questions from the press and from the office of NASA Administrator James Webb, Project Mercury officials under Robert Gilruth confirmed that MA-5 would be a chimp flight. In October 1961, personnel from Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, New Mexico, brought three more chimpanzees to Cape Canaveral to join two already there.
Project Mercury Astronaut Photograph Burchfield - National Air and ...
9 Jan 2025 at 11:05pm
Project Mercury was the United States' first human spaceflight program. Delmas D. "Del" Burchfield (1926-2016) was an engineer at McDonnell Aircraft Corporation who in 1959 was put in charge of the Outside Production Quality Program monitoring all vendors and subcontractors working on Project Mercury. This collection consists of a signed 11 by 8.5 inch black and white photograph of the seven ...
Gemini program - National Air and Space Museum
29 Apr 2025 at 4:13am
Project Gemini took place between the Mercury program, which was the United States' first human spaceflight program, and the Apollo program, which put the first human on the Moon. Mercury sent astronauts to space for longer periods of time than previously.
Mercury and Gemini Program Manuals [Pruett]
7 May 2025 at 9:54am
He became a medical monitor for Project Mercury in 1962, and in that capacity served as medical monitor for the earth-orbiting flight of John Glenn. He was later transferred to Washington, DC, where he served in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations until his retirement.
Mercury Friendship 7 - National Air and Space Museum
8 Apr 2025 at 5:45pm
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 Mercury, following two suborbital flights by astronauts in 1961.
Project Mercury "Big Joe" Installation Records (Eiband Collection)
25 Mar 2022 at 6:38am
This collection contains data on the Big Joe capsule and its operation. The material includes blueprints of the thermocouple, telemetry, cooling, instrument, intercom, and other systems.
Simulator, Mercury Procedures Trainer - National Air and Space Museum
14 Jun 2025 at 9:59am
This simulator was used by astronauts in Project Mercury, the United States' first human space flight program. Astronauts spent many hours of training in this and other simulators to practice spacecraft operations and procedures. Switches, gauges, dials, and controls inside it were connected to electronic circuits, which recreated what would happen in a real spacecraft during an actual mission.
Primate Capsule, Mercury - National Air and Space Museum
28 Dec 2024 at 12:32am
Prior to the flights of astronauts in Project Mercury, the first U.S. human spaceflight program, chimpanzees were launched to better understand the effects of acceleration and weightlessness on the human body.
What was the Gemini Program? - National Air and Space Museum
2 Mar 2023 at 11:59pm
What Was The Gemini Program? If you have read the book The Right Stuff or watched the movie with the same name, you may know a thing or two about the Mercury program ?which was NASA?s first human spaceflight program. And of course, many are familiar with the Apollo program, which famously put the first human on the Moon.
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30 Nov 2021 at 12:19am
Despite questions from the press and from the office of NASA Administrator James Webb, Project Mercury officials under Robert Gilruth confirmed that MA-5 would be a chimp flight. In October 1961, personnel from Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, New Mexico, brought three more chimpanzees to Cape Canaveral to join two already there.
Project Mercury Astronaut Photograph Burchfield - National Air and ...
9 Jan 2025 at 11:05pm
Project Mercury was the United States' first human spaceflight program. Delmas D. "Del" Burchfield (1926-2016) was an engineer at McDonnell Aircraft Corporation who in 1959 was put in charge of the Outside Production Quality Program monitoring all vendors and subcontractors working on Project Mercury. This collection consists of a signed 11 by 8.5 inch black and white photograph of the seven ...
Gemini program - National Air and Space Museum
29 Apr 2025 at 4:13am
Project Gemini took place between the Mercury program, which was the United States' first human spaceflight program, and the Apollo program, which put the first human on the Moon. Mercury sent astronauts to space for longer periods of time than previously.
Mercury and Gemini Program Manuals [Pruett]
7 May 2025 at 9:54am
He became a medical monitor for Project Mercury in 1962, and in that capacity served as medical monitor for the earth-orbiting flight of John Glenn. He was later transferred to Washington, DC, where he served in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations until his retirement.
Mercury Friendship 7 - National Air and Space Museum
8 Apr 2025 at 5:45pm
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 Mercury, following two suborbital flights by astronauts in 1961.
Project Mercury "Big Joe" Installation Records (Eiband Collection)
25 Mar 2022 at 6:38am
This collection contains data on the Big Joe capsule and its operation. The material includes blueprints of the thermocouple, telemetry, cooling, instrument, intercom, and other systems.
Simulator, Mercury Procedures Trainer - National Air and Space Museum
14 Jun 2025 at 9:59am
This simulator was used by astronauts in Project Mercury, the United States' first human space flight program. Astronauts spent many hours of training in this and other simulators to practice spacecraft operations and procedures. Switches, gauges, dials, and controls inside it were connected to electronic circuits, which recreated what would happen in a real spacecraft during an actual mission.
Primate Capsule, Mercury - National Air and Space Museum
28 Dec 2024 at 12:32am
Prior to the flights of astronauts in Project Mercury, the first U.S. human spaceflight program, chimpanzees were launched to better understand the effects of acceleration and weightlessness on the human body.
What was the Gemini Program? - National Air and Space Museum
2 Mar 2023 at 11:59pm
What Was The Gemini Program? If you have read the book The Right Stuff or watched the movie with the same name, you may know a thing or two about the Mercury program ?which was NASA?s first human spaceflight program. And of course, many are familiar with the Apollo program, which famously put the first human on the Moon.
WHAT IS THIS? This is an unscreened compilation of results from several search engines. The sites listed are not necessarily recommended by Surfnetkids.com.
