
Taking advantage of a brief period of microgravity afforded aboard a KC-135 flying a parabolic curve, the flight crew of…

Astronauts Walter M. “Wally” Schirra Jr. (seated), command pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, Gemini VI prime crew, go through…

Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. is hoisted up to a U.S. Navy helicopter during recovery operations in the Atlantic Ocean…

Gemini III crew members Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom (left) and John W. Young are wearing their spacesuits, helmets and portable…

Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Skylab 3 commander, flies the M509 Astronaut Maneuvering Equipment in the forward dome area of the…

Scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson has just exited the Skylab extravehicular activity hatchway. Astronaut Gerald P. Carr, Skylab 4 commander, took…

Astronaut Russell Schweickart, lunar module pilot, stands on the module’s deck during his spacewalk on the fourth day of the…

Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter is wearing a Mercury pressure suit during astronaut training at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The Mercury spacesuit included gloves, boots and a helmet.

Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, Apollo 9 prime crew lunar module pilot, participates in a Countdown Demonstration Test. He is wearing…