IMAGE 100_199\127.Lbm,The Original Seven Mercury astronauts in their spacesuits. The astronauts are (from the left, back row): Alan Shepard, Virgil Grissom and Gordon Cooper; (front row) Walter Schirra, Donald Slayton, John Glenn and Scott Carpenter.
IMAGE 1600_99\670.Lbm,In the Aurora 7 Mercury spacecraft, Scott Carpenter heads for space on May 24, 1962, becoming the second American in orbit.
IMAGE 1600_99\672.Lbm,Gordon Cooper in the Faith 7 Mercury capsule starts his flight into space, where he will remain for a record-breaking (for the USA) 34 hours.
IMAGE 1600_99\669.Lbm,A pensive John Glenn in the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule just before his flight.
IMAGE 1600_99\667.Lbm,Following his brief flight, Alan Shepard inspects his Mercury spacecraft on the deck on the Navy carrier 'Champlain'.
IMAGE 1600_99\668.Lbm,Virgil Grissom on the recovery ship USS 'Randolf', after his 15- minute suborbital flight. His spacecraft, Liberty Bell 7, sank.
IMAGE 1900_99\959.Lbm,Walter Schirra's grin says it all after his successful flight into orbit in the Mercury capsule Faith 7.
IMAGE 1600_99\671.Lbm,Walter Schirra's Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7, about to be winched aboard the recovery ship USS 'Kearsarge' on October 3, 1962.
IMAGE 1600_99\673.Lbm,The enormous Super Guppy aircraft built for NASA to ferry large- size parts for the Saturn 5 rocket and other Apollo equipment.
IMAGE 1600_99\676.Lbm,Comparison between the one-man Mercury and the two-man Gemini spacecraft.
