View [Mercury Atlas 5] PIONEERING ORBITAL VIEW OF EARTH CAPTURED FROM THE CAPSULE CARRYING ENOS, THE FIRST CHIMPANZEE IN ORBIT (1961) By NASA; Vintage chromogenic print; 20.3 x 25.4 cm. (8 x 10 in.) ; ...

Sunday marks 60 years since NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth. On Feb. 20, 1962, the "Mercury Seven" member set out on the agency's three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 ...

On November 29, 1961, a handler holds hands with Chimpanzee Enos as he lay in his flight couch. Enos wears his spacesuit as he is being prepared for insertion into the Mercury-Atlas 5 capsule ...

On May 15, 1963 NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper launched into space on the Faith 7 mission in his Mercury space capsule. See photos from Cooper's historic flight here.

On Nov. 29, 1961, Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited Earth twice before returning. Enos became the first chimpanzee to orbit the ...

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Sixty years ago this week, America sent its second man into space. The mission had gone flawlessly, but nearly ended in tragedy when the Liberty Bell 7 Mercury space capsule sank into the sea ...

An Atlas 5 successfully launched a Cygnus spacecraft April 18 carrying three and a half tons of cargo for the International Space Station.

ESA's first mission to the planet Mercury lifted off today from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. At 10:45 pm GFT (October 20, 01:45 GMT), the BepiColombo spacecraft rose on a tail of ...

Heavy cloud cover and high winds Saturday forced United Launch Alliance to order a 24-hour delay for the planned flight of an Atlas 5 rocket carrying an Air Force X-37B spaceplane. The delay, in ...

On Feb. 20, 1962, the “Mercury Seven” member John Glenn set out on the agency’s three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission aboard the spacecraft he named Friendship 7 ...

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