File:Mercury 7 Astronauts Examine Their Couches.jpg

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English: The Mercury 7 astronauts examine their 'couches.' Each astronaut's couch was molded to fit his body to help withstand the G-loads of the launch. Plaster casts of the astronauts were created in order to properly mold the couches. Left to right are Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Walter Schirra, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Deke Slayton, Gus Grissom and Bob Gilruth. Gilruth was director of the Space Task Group, which planned and managed the Mercury Project.
Date Taken on 28 September 1959
Source NASA Image of the Day, Archive.org
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This image or video was catalogued by Glenn Research Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: C-1959-51733.

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