IMAGE 200_299\208.Lbm,Mercury astronaut John Glenn eases into the cramped capsule during training for the first US orbital flight in February 1962.
IMAGE 0_99\14.Lbm,Alan Shepard in Freedom 7 rides the Mercury-Redstone rocket as it soars from the Cape Canaveral launch pad on May 5, 1961.
IMAGE 500_599\550.Lbm,Alan Shepard is winched aboard the recovery helicopter following his successful suborbital flight in the Mercury capsule Freedom 7 on May 5, 1961.
IMAGE 1600_99\667.Lbm,Following his brief flight, Alan Shepard inspects his Mercury spacecraft on the deck on the Navy carrier 'Champlain'.