NASA Photo ID: S61-02882           File Name: 10073557.jpg
Film Type: 8x10                    Date Taken: 08/09/61
Title: Astronaut Grissom talks to backup John Glenn prior to insertion
Description:
Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, suited up and ready to climb into
Liberty  Bell 7 spacecraft, talks with backup pilot John H. Glenn prior to
insertion.  The Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission was scrubbed a few hours
later due to  unfavorable weather over the launch pad.                  

Subject terms:
ASTRONAUTS                              
CREW PROCEDURES (PREFLIGHT)             
INSERTION                               
LAUNCHING PADS                          
LAUNCHING SITES                         
MERCURY MR-4 FLIGHT                     
MERCURY PROJECT                         
SPACECRAFT                              

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