NASA Photo ID: 61-MR3-19           File Name: 10073496.jpg
Film Type: 8x10                    Date Taken: 01/01/61
Title: Astronaut Alan Shepard prepares for testing in centrifuge
Description:
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., one of three NASA astronauts chosen for the 
Project Mercury first manned suborbital flight, prepares for testing in 
capsule of the U.S. Navy's centrifuge at Johnsville, Pennsylvania.                   

Subject terms:
ASTRONAUT TRAINING                      
ASTRONAUTS                              
CENTRIFUGES                             
MERCURY PROJECT                         
WEIGHTLESS ENVIRONMENT TRAINING         

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