FLIGHT LINE PREP. - ASTRONAUTS SLAYTON, GRISSOM, SCHIRRA
M61-00012 (20 Jan. 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. pictured on the flight line climbing aboard a F-106 aircraft. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
SUIT TEST - ASTRONAUT GRISSOM, NASA Mercury project
G61-00490 (1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, wearing the new Mercury pressure suit, is preparing for centrifuge training. He is receiving assistance in adjusting the breathing apparatus which is atta... More
Astronaut Grissom on level 3 in front of Liberty Bell 7 capsule
S61-03698 (1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, suited up and ready to climb into Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, sits in front of his capsule for a picture. Behind him technicians work inside the capsule. T... More
Astronauts Grissom and Young in Gemini Mission Simulator
S64-25295 (March 1964) --- Astronauts Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom (right) and John W. Young, prime crew for the first manned Gemini mission (GT-3), are shown inside a Gemini mission simulator at McDonnell Aircraft ... More
GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-3 PRIME CREW - SIMULATION - ASTRONAUTS GRISSOM & YOU...
S65-14547 (26 Feb. 1965) --- The Gemini-Titan 3 prime crew, astronauts Virgil I. Grissom (left), command pilot, and John W. Young, pilot, are shown during flight simulation test activity at the Mission Control Center.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and his wife, Annie, and NASA astro...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and his wife, Annie, and NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson stand under space shuttle Discovery in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter speaks durin...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb.... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter speaks during...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --A crowd looks on during the "On Shoulders of Gi...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --A crowd looks on during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962. The event was ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts Scott Carpenter, left, and ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts Scott Carpenter, left, and John Glenn listen to remarks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-95 astronaut Steve Robinson speaks during ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-95 astronaut Steve Robinson speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 2... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --Mercury astronaut John Glenn speaks during the ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --Mercury astronaut John Glenn speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962. ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana talks to guests in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 where space shuttle Discovery is being prepared for public display during a 50th anni... More
Artwork: "Power Plant & EC-135's/Grissom Air Force Base, Indiana". Art...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
An Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), 72nd Air Refueling Squadron (ARS)...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Billy Johnson, USAF Release St... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Flowers and plaque are in place in fron...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Flowers and plaque are in place in front of the Space Mirror Memorial at the KSC Visitor Complex for the ceremony held in remembrance of the astronauts lost in the Apollo 1 fire: ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Ed White III touches his father's name ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Ed White III touches his father's name engraved in the Space Mirror Memorial at the KSC Visitor Complex. White attended the ceremony held in remembrance of the astronauts lost in... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Mirror Memorial, seen in pro...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Mirror Memorial, seen in profile, is reflected in the nearby lake at the KSC Visitor Complex. The memorial is the scene of a ceremony being held in remembrance of the ... More
Senior Master Sgt. Michael Melendez, 434th Air Refueling
Senior Master Sgt. Michael Melendez, 434th Air Refueling Wing‘s recruiting flight chief, comes to Grissom with more than 28 years of military service, 16 of those years serving in the recruiting career field. (... More
Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 143, Peru, Miami County, IN
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Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 143, Peru, Miami County, IN
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Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 143, Peru, Miami County, IN
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Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN
Significance: Building 747 was used by the United States Air Force to support three major Cold War missions: the Strategic Air Command (SAC) ground alert, to act as a deterrent to Soviet attack; the Post Attack... More
Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN
Significance: Building 747 was used by the United States Air Force to support three major Cold War missions: the Strategic Air Command (SAC) ground alert, to act as a deterrent to Soviet attack; the Post Attack... More
Mercury Project, America Space Program
Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency's (ABMA) Development Operations Division, poses with the original Mercury astronauts in ABMA's Fabrication Laboratory during a 1959 visit. In... More
ASTRONAUT GRISSOM, VIRGIL I. - MERCURY SPACECRAFT - EGRESS TRAINING
S61-03885 (26 April 1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, wearing the new Mercury spacesuit, stands outside of a mock-up of the Mercury capsule on the deck of a ship taking him to emergency water egress ... More
Astronaut Virgil Grissom in new Mercury Space Suit during egress train...
S61-03893 (26 April 1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, wearing the new Mercury spacesuit, poses for a picture during emergency egress training activities at the Florida Space Center. He is seen standi... More
GRISSOM, NASA Mercury project, NASA Gemini program
S61-02898 (21 July 1961) --- Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) ?Liberty Bell 7? spaceflight, enjoys a meal aboard the recovery ship, USS Randolph, following his 15-minute, 37-secon... More
Photograph of Astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John H. Glenn, Jr. A...
Original caption: Veteran U.S. spacemen await word from Project Mercury Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter as he returns to earth following 3 trips around the globe May 24, 1962. Left; Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, pilot ... More
ASTRONAUTS Young and Grissom - TRAINING - SIMULATOR - CAPE
S64-40294 (19 Nov. 1964) --- Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom (center) and John W. Young (left), prime crew for the Gemini-Titan 3 mission, are shown inspecting the inside of Gemini spacecraft at the Mission Contro... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson sits at the co...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson sits at the controls in the flight deck of space shuttle Discovery in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Robin... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and his wife, Annie, left, enter Or...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and his wife, Annie, left, enter Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida where space shuttle Discovery is being prepared for public displ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn poses in front of...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn poses in front of the Mercury 7 memorial near Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Glenn and Carpenter launched from the pad on Atlas r... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson speaks during the "On Sh...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962. T... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Bob Cabana talks to ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Bob Cabana talks to guests about the Mercury Project's Atlas rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building. At the space center in Florida, Cabana is helping John Gle... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Former Kennedy Space Center directors Jay Honey...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Former Kennedy Space Center directors Jay Honeycutt, left, and Bob Crippen, right, talk during a luncheon Feb. 17, 2012, celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began wit... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana makes ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana makes remarks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 mi... More
Volunteers from the Air National Guard and Grissom Air Force Base join...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Wayne State: Indiana (IN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT David Craft Release Status: Released to Publi... More
STAFF SGT. Lance Dahz, KC-135 tail boom operator, 434th Air Refueling ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Moron Country: Spain (ESP) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Janel Schroeder Release Status: Released to Public ... More
US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Tumdaga (front), 434th S...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michael Featherston, USAF Rele... More
An Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), 72nd Air Refueling Squadron (ARS)...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Billy Johnson, USAF Release St... More
MSGT Pat Devine of the 434th AGS receives a shot by TSGT Lynn Marie Po...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCEC Base: Grissom Air Reserve Base State: Indiana (IN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The past intersects with the future on Cape Can...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The past intersects with the future on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. In the foreground is what remains of historic Launch Pad 34 in the distance behind it is Space Launch C... More
U.S. Air Force Col. Scott Russell, 434th Mission Support
U.S. Air Force Col. Scott Russell, 434th Mission Support Group commander, speaks during a change of command ceremony at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., June 4, 2017. During the ceremony, Maj. Timothy Kerrigan t... More
Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN
Significance: Building 747 was used by the United States Air Force to support three major Cold War missions: the Strategic Air Command (SAC) ground alert, to act as a deterrent to Soviet attack; the Post Attack... More
Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN
Significance: Building 747 was used by the United States Air Force to support three major Cold War missions: the Strategic Air Command (SAC) ground alert, to act as a deterrent to Soviet attack; the Post Attack... More
The first sections of an iconic World War II-era B-17
The first sections of an iconic World War II-era B-17 “Flying Fortress” bomber arrived at the Museum of Aviation at Robins on Aug. 20. The aircraft which had previously been on outdoor public display at Grissom... More
Photograph of Virgil L. Grissom Preparing for Centrifuge Tests
Original caption: Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, 35, prepares for centrifuge tests at the U.S. Navy's center at Johnsville, Pennsylvania during April of this year. These tests were conducted to determine the rea... More
Astronaut Virgil Grissom standing beside F-102 on the flight line
B60-00708 (1960) --- Astronaut Virgil I (Gus) Grissom pictured standing beside a F-102 on the flight line. Photo credit: NASA
ASTRONAUT GRISSOM, GUS, NASA Mercury project, NASA Gemini program
S61-02889 (1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom approaches his Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) launch vehicle to begin his mission. To the left of the view is an emergency shower stall, to the right is the ele... More
Astronauts Grissom and Glenn hold discussion in Mercury Control Center
S64-10761 (1962) --- Astronauts Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom (left) and John H. Glenn Jr. hold a discussion in the Mercury Control Center during Mercury-Atlas 6 preflight activity. Glenn is the MA-6 pilot. Grissom w... More
WATER EGRESS - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - TRAINING
S65-14454 (23 Feb. 1965) --- A technician adjusts the suit of astronaut Virgil I. Grissom during water egress training operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Astronaut John W. Young (standing) observes. Grissom and ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn listens to remark...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn listens to remarks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with Glenn's MA-6 mission on Fe... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn, left, prepares t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn, left, prepares to ride in the Corvette parade following the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --Mercury astronauts John Glenn, left, and Scott ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --Mercury astronauts John Glenn, left, and Scott Carpenter sit in front of the plot board from the Mercury control center on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The astrona... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn speaks during the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962.... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Ed Mango, program manager of NASA's Commercial ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Ed Mango, program manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, left, talks with astronaut John Glenn, center and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden before a luncheon Feb. 17, 2012, celebrati... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, right, talks to guests in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 where space shuttle Discovery is being prepared for public display during a 5... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Cal Fowler, Launch test director during Mercur...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Cal Fowler, Launch test director during Mercury, speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn poses for a photo...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn poses for a photo in front of the Project Mercury monument at Launch Complex-14 LC-14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. During events at the Ca... More
Artwork: "EC-135, Grissom AFB, IN" Artist: Bill Miller, USAF Art Colle...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
A US Air Force (USAF) 97th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), Altus Air Force Ba...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Billy Johnson, USAF Release St... More
Technical Sergeant Trevor Grissom, USAF, 93rd Aircraft Generation Squa...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Technical Sergeant Trevor Grissom, USAF, 93rd Aircraft Generation Squadron, Robins AFB, Georgia, gives the "thumbs up" to the pi... More
Detachment One, Communication Company, Combat Logistics
Detachment One, Communication Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 45, 4th Marine Logistics Group at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., needs donations for its annual Toys for Tots campaign no later than Dec. 15, 20... More
Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 143, Peru, Miami County, IN
Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 143, Peru, Miami County, IN
Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 143, Peru, Miami County, IN
Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN
Significance: Building 747 was used by the United States Air Force to support three major Cold War missions: the Strategic Air Command (SAC) ground alert, to act as a deterrent to Soviet attack; the Post Attack... More
B59-00587 (1959) --- Astronaut Virgil (Gus) Grissom is pictured leavin...
B59-00587 (1959) --- Astronaut Virgil (Gus) Grissom is pictured leaving a U.S. Navy installation and removing his helmet. Photo credit: NASA
ASTRONAUT VIRGIL I. GRISSOM - SUIT
S64-36909 (1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) spaceflight, wearing Mercury pressure suit, poses for picture during training activities at the Florida Space Cente... More
ASTRONAUT GRISSOM, GUS - PRESS CONFERENCE
S61-03676 (23 July 1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom speaks at a press conference on July 23, 1961 held at the Starlight motel. Behind him is a large representation of the NASA logo. Photo credit: NASA
Astronaut Virgil Grissom and family at Patrick AFB airport
S61-03687 (21 July 1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom and his family are shown at the airport at Patrick Air Force Base facing a crowd of news media representatives. Grissom is speaking into microphone... More
Astronaut Grissom - Cabin - "Liberty Bell 7" - Capsule
S64-10806 (21 July 1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) spaceflight, in his Mercury "Liberty Bell 7" spacecraft is checking his flight plan during prelaunch activi... More
GRISSOM - MR-4 - Press Conf - MSC
S61-03664 (23 July 1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom's wife and son watch from the audience as a press conference is held on July 23, 1961 at the Starlight motel. Photo credit: NASA
Portrait - Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom
S64-32343 (10 Sept. 1964) --- Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom Editor's Note: Grissom, one of the Original Seven or Mercury astronauts, lost his life in the Apollo 204 fire at Cape Kennedy on Jan. 27, 1967, along... More
Official Portrait - Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom
S64-32110 (1964) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts, John Glenn, left, and Scot...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts, John Glenn, left, and Scott Carpenter, talk to Mercury Project workers and other guests in the Astronaut Encounter Theater at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --John Zarella leads a standing ovation during th...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --John Zarella leads a standing ovation during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 20,... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, stand...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, standing, speaks during a luncheon Feb. 17, 2012, celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with Glenn's Mercury mission MA-... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts, John Glenn, left, and Scot...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts, John Glenn, left, and Scott Carpenter, talk to Mercury Project workers and other guests in the Astronaut Encounter Theater at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and NASA Kennedy Space Center Direc...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana sit in the flight deck of space shuttle Discovery in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1. Glenn is at the space center to mar... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Gunther Wendt takes a turn at the podium...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Gunther Wendt takes a turn at the podium after viewing the recovered Liberty Bell 7 Project Mercury capsule, seen in the background. At right is Curt Newport who led the expeditio... More
US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle fighter Pilots from the 27th Fighter S...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Former astronaut John Young addresses ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Former astronaut John Young addresses guests and attendees at a ceremony at the KSC Visitor Complex held in remembrance of the astronauts lost in the Apollo 1 fire: Virgil "Gus" ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Orion crew module, enclosed in its crew...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Orion crew module, enclosed in its crew module transportation fixture and secured on a flatbed truck nears the entrance gate to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the background ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Orion crew module, enclosed in its crew...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Orion crew module, enclosed in its crew module transportation fixture and secured on a flatbed truck nears the entrance gate to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the background ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The sun beams through what remains of the gantr...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The sun beams through what remains of the gantry on Launch Pad 34 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. On this day in 1967, a fire erupted on the pad during a preflight te... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Sunrise at Launch Pad 34 on Cape Canaveral Air ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Sunrise at Launch Pad 34 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida illuminates what remains of the pad's historic gantry. On this day in 1967, a fire erupted on the pad during a ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The past intersects with the future on Cape Can...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The past intersects with the future on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. In the foreground is what remains of historic Launch Pad 34 in the distance behind it is Space Launch C... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A plaque affixed to what remains of the histori...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A plaque affixed to what remains of the historic gantry on Launch Pad 34 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida pays tribute to those who died there in the pursuit of exploration ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The sun comes up behind what remains of the gan...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The sun comes up behind what remains of the gantry on Launch Pad 34 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. On this day in 1967, a fire erupted on the pad during a preflight t... More
Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 143, Peru, Miami County, IN
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Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN
Significance: Building 747 was used by the United States Air Force to support three major Cold War missions: the Strategic Air Command (SAC) ground alert, to act as a deterrent to Soviet attack; the Post Attack... More
Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN
Significance: Building 747 was used by the United States Air Force to support three major Cold War missions: the Strategic Air Command (SAC) ground alert, to act as a deterrent to Soviet attack; the Post Attack... More
Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN
Significance: Building 747 was used by the United States Air Force to support three major Cold War missions: the Strategic Air Command (SAC) ground alert, to act as a deterrent to Soviet attack; the Post Attack... More
Photograph of Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom Preparing for Testing
Original caption: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, 35, is prepared for testing in the U.S. Navy centrifuge at Johnsville, Pennsylvania. Grissom is one of three NAA astr... More
GRISSOM, GUS - PRESSURE SUIT, NASA Mercury project
S61-01490 (4 April 1961) --- Astronaut Virgil Grissom photographed in the new Mercury spacesuit, holding his helmet. Photo credit: NASA
Photograph of Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom Preparing for Testing in the...
Original caption: Being readied for testing in the U.S. Navy's centrifuge at Johnsville, Pennsylvania is Virgil I. Grissom, 35, one of three astronauts chosen for the first manned suborbital flight of Project M... More
Astronaut Grissom talks to backup John Glenn prior to insertion
S61-02882 (1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, suited up and ready to climb into Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, talks with backup pilot John H. Glenn prior to insertion. The Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) missi... More
Attempted Recovery of Mercury spacecraft at end of MR-4 mission
S61-02824 (21 July 1961) --- A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter attempts an unsuccessful recovery of the Mercury-Redstone 4 "Liberty Bell 7" spacecraft. The spacecraft hatch opened prematurely, and astronaut Virgil... More