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Mercury Project
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Mercury Project

NASA / MSFC · 1961-07-21 · photograph (digital archive)

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Astronaut Virgil Grissom chats with Astronaut John Glenn prior to entering the Liberty Bell 7 capsule for the MR-4 Mission. The MR-4 mission was the second manned suborbital flight using the Mercury-Redstone booster, which was developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center.

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Virgil GrissonJohn GlennMR-4Mercury-Redstone
Credit lineMercury Project. NASA/MSFC, 1961-07-21. Public domain. ID: 6116427.
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