NASA Photo ID: S61-04571          File Name: 10073679.jpg

Film Type: 8x10 b&w               Date Taken: 12/17/61

Title: Astronaut Scott Carpenter tests balance mechanism performance

Description:

Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter's balance mechanism performance is tested by
his  walking on a narrow board in his bare feet. He is performing this test
at the  School of Aviation Medicine, Pensicola, Florida (04570); Carpenter
walks a  straight line by putting one foot directly in front of the other
to test his  balance (04571).