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Alan Shepard: 1st American in Space
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Suiting Up
NASA's Project Mercury astronauts as try on their pressure suits, Florida, 1959. Alan Shepard's the one in the helmet.
In this photo:
Deke Slayton
,
John Glenn
,
Scott Carpenter
,
Gordon Cooper
,
Gus Grissom
,
Alan Shepard
,
Wally Schirra
Photo: Ralph Morse/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Jan 01, 1959
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