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NASA Center: Langley Research Center
Image # : L-1959-04426
Date : 07/07/1959

Title

Molded Astronaut Couches

Full Description

Molded astronaut couches line the NASA Langley Research Centers model shop wall. The names of the test subjects (Langley employees) are written on the back. The couches are similar to those made for each astronaut and fitted into the Mercury capsules for manned spaceflight.

Keywords

Project Mercury Couches Langley NACA

Subject Category

Mercury-Program, Mercury-Gemini Spacecraft,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: LARC
  • Center Number: L-1959-04426
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001269

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

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(Pixels)		Height
(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail .jpg 90 69 8
Small .jpg 640 490 204
Medium .jpg 1500 1148 980
Large .jpg 3000 2295 2,814

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