NASA Photo ID: S61-02775           File Name: 10073490.jpg
Film Type: 8x10                    Date Taken: 07/28/61
Title: Close-up view of Astronaut Allen Shepard in his pressure suit for MR-3 flight
Description:
Close-up view of Astronaut Allen Shepard in his pressure suit, with helmet 
opened, for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned 
space flight.                   
Subject terms:
ASTRONAUTS                              
MERCURY MR-3 FLIGHT                     
MERCURY PROJECT                         
PREPARATION                             
PRESSURE SUITS                          

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