[PROJECT MERCURY]. MERCURY ATLAS & MERCURY REDSTONE - 5 VINTAGE CHROMOGENIC PRINTS OF THEIR LAUNCHES

MERCURY ROCKET LAUNCHES

1. Mercury-Redstone 2, 31 January, 1961
2. Mercury-Redstone 3, 5 May, 1961
3. Mercury-Redstone 4, July 21, 1961
4. Mercury-Atlas 4, 13 September, 1961
5. Mercury-Atlas 7, 24 May, 1926

Five vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based paper with "A Kodak Paper" watermark on verso, each 11 by 14 inches.

Mercury-Redstone 2, launched on 31 January, 1961, was the penultimate test flight prior to the first manned American space mission in Project Mercury, carrying a chimpanzee named Ham on a suborbital flight. Mercury-Redstone 3, launched on 5 May, 1961 was the first United States human spaceflight, piloted by Alan Shepard. Mercury-Redstone 4, launched on July 21, 1961 was the second United States human spaceflight, and its spacecraft, Liberty Bell 7 was piloted by astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom. Mercury-Atlas 4, launched on 13 September, 1961, was an unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program in during which the spacecraft orbited the Earth once. Mercury-Atlas 7, launched on 24 May, 1962, was the fourth flight of Project Mercury. The spacecraft Aurora 7, piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter, made three Earth orbits.

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