ASTRONAUT SHEPARD - PREFLIGHT ACTIVITIES
S61-02794 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., shakes hands with fellow astronaut Virgil I. Grissom (on left, back to camera), prior to ingressing the capsule for his Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) spaceflight. Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. (center background in white cap) looks on along with Gunter Wendt (to the left of Glenn) and two unidentified technicians. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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S61-02794
Date Created
January 1, 1961
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JSC
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