#mercury program

[lonestarflight]

Artwork of the RF signal blackout on tracking and communication while the Mercury capsule re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.

Remastered from "The Space World Magazine" July 1962 by Dan Beaumont.

Posted on flickr by Dan Beaumont Space Museum: link

[rectanglejanett]

Organized my astronauts shelf

(I covered Gordo Cooper with a book on purpose)

[howellfotography]

Reentry

62 years ago today on May 15, 1963, astronaut Gordon Cooper lifted off in the Faith 7 capsule on the final mission of the Mercury program, Mercury-Atlas 9. Faith 7 now hangs in a gallery at Space Center Houston, where I shot this photo. The effect was achieved by zooming while shooting at a slow shutter speed, handheld, Nikon D90, 18-200.

[gemini-enthusiast]

Earth's horizon, MR-3/Freedom 7.

[apollomission8]

Astronaut Text Post Memes – Mercury Seven & New Nine edition

[edwhiteandblue]

November 29, 1961: Enos the space chimp orbits the Earth twice onboard Mercury-Atlas 5 | 📸 NASA

[tompoose]

ksp screenshot dump (modded)

[spacemonkiesmafia]

someone needs to make a community for all of us nasa freaks