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   Photo ID:

   61-MR4-76   


   Program:

   Mercury   


   Mission:

   Mercury IV


   Date Taken:

   1961-08-09


   Film Type:

   8x10

Title:
Astronaut Grissom on level 3 in front of Liberty Bell 7 capsule
Description:
Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, suited up and ready to climb into Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, poses for a picture. Backup pilot John Glenn is in the right corner of the view behind Grissom. The Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission was scrubbed a few hours later due to unfavorable weather over the launch pad.
Subject Terms:
ASTRONAUTS CREW PROCEDURES (PREFLIGHT) INSERTION LAUNCHING PADS LAUNCHING SITES MERCURY MR-4 FLIGHT MERCURY PROJECT SPACECRAFT
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