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John Glenn, Mercury -- Heads to the Launch Pad

Description: Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., NASA flight surgeon William Douglas and equipment specialist Joseph W. Schmidt leave crew quarters prior to the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. Glenn is in his pressure suit and is carrying the portable ventilation unit.

 

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Image Number: S62-00330

Date: February 20, 1962

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