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Astronaut Grissom dons spacesuit for Mercury-Redstone 4 mission

NASA / JSC · 1961-07-19 · photograph (digital archive)

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S88-55875 (19 July 1961) --- Donning a spacesuit for the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission, astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom chats with spaceflight equipment specialist Joe W. Schmitt in the personal equipment room of Hangar S at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Shortly after this photograph was taken, the launch was postponed two days due to unfavorable weather conditions in the area.

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CREW PROCEDURES (PREFLIGHT)LAUNCHING SITES MERCURY MR-4 FLIGHT MERCURY PROJECT PRESSURE SUITS SPACE SUITS

Credit lineAstronaut Grissom dons spacesuit for Mercury-Redstone 4 mission. NASA/JSC, 1961-07-19. Public domain. ID: S88-55875.

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