IMAGE 0_99\14.Lbm,Alan Shepard in Freedom 7 rides the Mercury-Redstone rocket as it soars from the Cape Canaveral launch pad on May 5, 1961.
IMAGE 500_599\548.Lbm,John Glenn eases himself into the cramped cockpit of the Mercury capsule Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962, prior to his successful attempt to become the first American in orbit.
IMAGE 500_599\552.Lbm,A Mercury capsule, pictured heat shield first, at the National Aerospace Museum, Washington DC.
IMAGE 500_599\555.Lbm,A cutaway of the Mercury spacecraft, showing the cramped cockpit and the escape tower attached.