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Space History Photo: NACA Physicist Studying Alpha Rays
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A NACA Physicist studying alpha rays in a continuous cloud chamber.
Space History Photo: Ed White First American Spacewalker
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Ed White became the first American to step outside his spacecraft and let go on June 3, 1965.
Space History Photo: Ed White First American Spacewalker
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Edward H. White II became the first American to step outside his spacecraft and let go.
Space History Photo: Ed White Performs First US Spacewalk
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Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot for the Gemini-Titan 4 space flight, floats in space during America’s first spacewalk.
Space History Photo: Boilerplate Mercury Capsule
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Engineers inspect a boilerplate Mercury capsule.
Space History Photo: Kathy Sullivan Dons Her Suit
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Astronaut Kathy Sullivan poses for a picture with her space suit.
Space History Photo: Little Joe 5B High-Q-Abort Test
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A Mercury spacecraft lands in the ocean after launched from Little Joe in a High-Q-Abort test.
Space History Photo: Cooper Egressing 'Faith 7'
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After a successful mission, Cooper is assisted from his mercury capsule.
Space History Photo: Materials Science Experiments Conducted at MSFC
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The first all-female crew of scientific experimenters prepare experiments that were used during the Space Shuttle/Spacelab missions.
Space History Photo: Failed Attempt to Recover Liberty Bell 7
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A helicopter attempt to empty sea water from the Liberty Bell 7 fails.
Space History Photo: 'Spider' Over The Ocean
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The Apollo 9 Lunar Module is seen from the command module during the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission.
Space History Photos: Astronaut John Glenn in a State of Weightlessness During Friendship
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During the Friendship 7 mission, John Glenn experiences weightlessness.
Space History Photo: Alfred J. Eggers
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The former NASA Assistant Administrator for Policy and former Assistant Director for Research Applications at the National Science Foundation came to NACA in 1944.
Space History Photo: Mercury Spacecraft Boilerplate
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Langley technicians manufacture the Boilerplate Mercury spacecraft.
Space History Photo: John Glenn in the Mercury Procedures Trainer
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John Glenn runs through training exercises.
Space History Photo: Cooper Inside Faith 7 After Hatch is Blown
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This astronaut has a big smile after his orbit mission in Faith 7.
Space History Photo: MA-1 Capsule Reassembled After Explosion
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NASA engineers reassembled the MA-1 Capsule to determine what caused the explosion.
Space History Photo: Carr and Pogue in Skylab
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Two astronauts humorously demonstrate zero-gravity during the Skylab 4 mission.
Space History Photo: Gemini 4 Recovery with Green Marker Dye
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The Gemini 4 spacecraft awaits recovery with the green marker dye coloring the ocean water.
Space History Photo: Mercury Astronauts in Weightless Flight on C-131 Aircraft
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Astronauts in the C-131 "vomit comet" simulate weightless flight.
Space History Photo: Sam the Monkey After His Ride in the Little Joe 2 Spacecraft
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After his ride in the Little Joe 2 Spacecraft, Sam the Monkey is safely aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer.
Space History Photo: Grissom Onboard the USS Randolph
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The Mercury pilot, flanked by military medical officers, is on the U.S.S. Randolph.
Space History Photo: White Earth Limb
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Astronaut Ed White floats in space with an earth limb in the background.
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