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.) ; ...

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 ...

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 ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Nov. 29, 1961, Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which ...

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. Primary Menu Sections.

In preparation for the Mercury Atlas 9 Earth-orbital space mission launch, NASA technicians help astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. into the Faith 7 spacecraft. The flight, launched on May 15, 1963 ...

Mercury Project Provenance Jeanne-Marie Kraemer, Gift, 2025, NASM.2025.0029 See more items in Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) Zanzibar Tracking Station Collection Summary Audio recordings, negatives, and other ...

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