Spyder Webb(@Spyder_Webb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

21 February 1961 NASAโ€™s Space Task Group selected , & to train for the 1st manned flight

The goal of the program was to orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth & to recover both pilot and craft safely.

#OnThisDay 21 February 1961 @NASAโ€™s Space Task Group selected #JohnGlenn, #VirgilGrissom & #AlanShepard to train for the 1st manned #ProjectMercury #spaceflight

The goal of the program was to orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth & to recover both pilot and #space craft safely.
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Dr. Sian โ€œLeoโ€ Proctor(@DrSianProctor) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Todayโ€™s giveaway is this cool x-ray image of โ€™s Apollo 14 spacesuit. Leave a comment below within the next 24 hours of why you want this postcard and I will choose one lucky person and mail it to you. Thatโ€™s right, old fashioned mail! ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€

Todayโ€™s #postcard giveaway is this cool x-ray image of #AlanShepardโ€™s Apollo 14 spacesuit. Leave a comment below within the next 24 hours of why you want this postcard and I will choose one lucky person and mail it to you. Thatโ€™s right, old fashioned mail! #Space2inspire ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€
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Herb Baker(@_HerbBaker) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Remembering on his 96th birthday. I took these photos of him in 1969/70 while working for ABC News covering the Apollo missions in Houston. He was getting wired-up for an interview in the studio set up onsite at the Manned Spacecraft Center (now JSC).

Remembering #AlanShepard on his 96th birthday. I took these photos of him in 1969/70 while working for @ABC covering the Apollo missions in Houston. He was getting wired-up for an interview in the studio set up onsite at the Manned Spacecraft Center (now JSC). #NASA #Apollo14
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