Astronaut Virgil Grissom preparing for training in centrifuge at Johnsville	Big Joe launch vehicle after launching at Cape Canaveral	Big Joe launch vehicle after launching at Cape Canaveral	Launch of Little Joe-2 from Wallops Island
Closeup view of Mercury spacecraft and Chimpanzee Ham in his couch	Little Joe 5 prelaunch fittings shot	Little Joe 5 prelaunch fittings shot	Mercury-Redstone 1-A liftoff
Chimpanzee "Ham" with biosensors attached, is readied for flight	View of Mercury Spacecraft instrument control panels	Recovery of Mercury spacecraft and chimpanzee Ham after MR-2 flight	Launch of Mercury-Atlas 2 vehicle on Feb. 21, 1961
Liftoff of the Little Joe 5A spacecraft	Recovery of the Little Joe 5A spacecraft	Mercury-Redstone Booster Development launch	Launch of Little Joe 2 carrying Mercury spacecraft test article
Final work on the escape rocket on the Mercury Capsule #14	Mating of Little Joe 5A vehicle with Mercury Capsule #14	Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff	Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff
Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff and separation of capsule	Launch of the Little Joe 5B spacecraft	Chimpanzee Enos with handler	Sketch showing location of crewman simulator for MA-4 flight
Mercury-Atlas 1 liftoff	Recovery of the Mercury-Atlas 4	Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 4	Launch of Mercury-Redstone vehicle 2 on Jan. 21, 1961
Earth observations taken during the Mercury-Redstone 2 flight	Earth observations taken during the Mercury-Redstone 2 flight	Earth observations taken during the Mercury-Redstone 2 flight	Chimpanzee "Ham" during preflight activity prior to Mercury-Redstone 2 flight
Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 4	Space chimp Enos returns to Patrick Air Force Base	Chimpanzee Enos wearing space suit	Chimpanzee Enos wearing space suit and lying in flight couch
Chimpanzee Enos with handler before MA-5 flight	Earth observations from Mercury-Atlas 4	Chimpanzee "Ham" in his flight couch	Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 5
Chimpanzee Ham after sucessful MR-2 flight	Chimpanzee "Ham" in space suit fitted into couch	Chimpanzee "Ham" during preflight activity prior to Mercury-Redstone 2 flight	Chimpanzee "Ham" in his capsule for the MR-2 flight
Chimpanzee "Ham" during preflight activity prior to Mercury-Redstone 2 flight	Chimpanzee "Ham" during preflight activity prior to Mercury-Redstone 2 flight	The Rhesus monkey, Sam, after his ride in the LJ-2 spacecraft	The Rhesus monkey, Sam, with Mercury fiberglass couch
Mercury-Atlas 1 liftoff	View of Mercury spacecraft heat shield seen after MR-2 flight	View of a reconstructed Mercury 1 spacecraft	Close-up view of Mercury-Atlas 4 at Cape Canaveral

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