Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff and separation of capsule
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Mercury-Atlas 3 liftoff
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Sketch showing location of crewman simulator for MA-4 flight
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Big Joe launch vehicle after launching at Cape Canaveral
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Big Joe launch vehicle after launching at Cape Canaveral
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The Rhesus monkey, Sam, with fiberglass couch, prepared for LJ-1B flight
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The Rhesus monkey, Sam, with Mercury fiberglass couch
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Launch of Little Joe I-B from Wallops Island
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Closeup view of Mercury spacecraft and Chimpanzee Ham in his couch
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Launch of Little Joe 2 carrying Mercury spacecraft test article
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Chimpanzee "Ham" during preflight activity prior to Mercury-Redstone 2 flight
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Little Joe 5 prelaunch fittings shot
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