MERCURY 5 - Liberty Bell 7 - July 21, 1961 Vehicle: Mercury-Redstone 4. Crew: Virgil I. Grissom. 2nd manned suborbital flight by U.S.  

MERCURY 5-LIBERTY BELL 7
Portrait of astronaut Virgil Grissom 1962
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MERCURY 5-LIBERTY BELL 7 - 1961
Virgil Grissom catches up with some paper work during a break in
training sessions for manned space flight.
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MERCURY 5-LIBERTY BELL 7 - 1961
Project Mercury astronaut Virgil Grissom seen wearing full-pressure suit.
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MERCURY 5-LIBERTY BELL 7 - July 17, 1961
Mercury astronaut Virgil Grissom enters spacecraft for mission simulation.
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MERCURY 5-LIBERTY BELL 7 - July 17, 1961
Project Mercury astronaut Virgil Grissom leaves Mercury spacecraft
following simulated flight.
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MERCURY 5-LIBERTY BELL 7 - July 16, 1961
Technician prepares astronaut Virgil Grissom for a series of pressure
suit tests at NASA's Mercury headquarters, Langley Field, Virginia.
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MERCURY 5-LIBERTY BELL 7 - July 20, 1961
Mercury astronaut Virgil Grissom is suited up by technician for
suborbital flight.
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MERCURY 5-LIBERTY BELL 7 - July 21, 1961
Astronaut Virgil Grissom checks his gloves attached to space suit.
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