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Rare early NASA photos

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These are scanned photos from the NASA Projects Mercury and Gemini made available thanks to the efforts of NASA, L. B. J. Space Center and Arizona State University. There are thousands more, all available in high quality here http://tothemoon.ser.asu.edu/

The goal of Project Mercury was to send a man into orbit and return him safely back down on the ground. While Yuri Gagarin was first to succeed in this task, John Glenn quickly followed him. There's a great book and a movie titled "The Right Stuff" that talks about the trials of Project Mercury. I highly recommend it.

Project Gemini followed Mercury and had the aim of figuring out orbital maneuvers required to accomplish the more difficult task of going to the moon, such as space walks and docking between two spacecraft.








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20 comments:

  1. GThursday, January 26, 2012 at 1:44:00 AM GMT+2

    Those are some really cool photos

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  2. JayThursday, January 26, 2012 at 2:23:00 AM GMT+2

    Beautiful!

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  3. zemzeroSunday, January 29, 2012 at 12:51:00 AM GMT+2

    These pictures are amazing, space pictures always fascinate me.

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  4. GrytWednesday, February 1, 2012 at 5:30:00 AM GMT+2

    Nasa never ceases to amaze

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  5. AnonymousSunday, February 5, 2012 at 12:16:00 AM GMT+2

    nice :)

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  6. ShockgrubzSunday, February 5, 2012 at 12:44:00 AM GMT+2

    I love how intimately lit space is.

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  7. Dave NatanSunday, February 5, 2012 at 1:30:00 AM GMT+2

    Wow! That certainly puts things in perspective as far as how it all started out :)

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  8. MarkSunday, February 5, 2012 at 1:46:00 AM GMT+2

    Those are some amazing views.

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  9. Pat HattSunday, February 5, 2012 at 2:07:00 AM GMT+2

    Wow great picks, really like the first one. Such a tiny planet we leave on when looking at it from up there.

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  10. professional failureSunday, February 5, 2012 at 2:08:00 AM GMT+2

    I liked astronomy a bit, but astrophysics is cooler, isn't it?

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  11. Zap McBlowfistSunday, February 5, 2012 at 2:09:00 AM GMT+2

    great pics man great blog .. following

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  12. llllollllllSunday, February 5, 2012 at 2:31:00 AM GMT+2

    I really like the washed out look of the colors on these old photographs. They look like stills from 2001: A Space Odyssey or something.

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  13. DAILYESSunday, February 5, 2012 at 3:38:00 AM GMT+2

    Very cool!
    I tagged you in one of my posts, you are in the game!

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  14. DWeiSunday, February 5, 2012 at 8:48:00 AM GMT+2

    Those are absolutely gorgeous images.

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  15. DoceanMotionSunday, February 5, 2012 at 9:51:00 AM GMT+2

    Thats very cool looking!

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  16. ShawSunday, February 5, 2012 at 10:56:00 AM GMT+2

    wow, those are pretty cool

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  17. Leon KennedySunday, February 5, 2012 at 4:59:00 PM GMT+2

    that early space program stuff makes for a really great read

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  18. ScrewsAndFeathersMonday, February 6, 2012 at 1:13:00 PM GMT+2

    Wow... that's so cool :D

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  19. zabuzarMonday, February 6, 2012 at 9:50:00 PM GMT+2

    that first picture is really good
    great post man

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  20. Funny PetsWednesday, February 8, 2012 at 10:15:00 PM GMT+2

    space is beautiful!

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