Enos Prepared for Mercury Orbital Flight

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Title - Alternative

Enos the Chimpanzee for Project Mercury

Keywords

Aeronautics, Chimpanzee, Enos, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Mercury Atlas 5, NASA, Project Mercury

Photo Description

Enos, a 5½-year-old chimpanzee, is fitted into his pressure couch prior to a three-orbital flight from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Weighing 37 pounds and measuring 38 inches in height, the male chimpanzee was selected from among a group of five animals that had been trained for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Project Mercury flights.

Publication Date

11-1961

Format

image/jpeg

Number of Images

2

Side of Image

Front of Image

Publisher

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Original Size

8" x 10"

Identifier

DP0057524-003a

NASA Photo Number

61-MA-5-20

Photo Credit

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Location

John C. Hitt Library

Department

Special Collections & University Archives

Collection

Official NASA Photographs, Vol. 1, October 10, 1960 - July 24, 1969

Call Number

SC 010

Digital Production Specifications

Digitized by the University of Central Florida Libraries, Digital Initiatives Unit. Jpeg images were derived from no less than 600 dpi tiffs scanned on a Copibook scanner.

Use and Reproduction

This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information, contact Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, FL 32816, (407) 823-2576.

Additional Rights Statement

This photograph is a government publication – not subject to copyright.

Recommended Citation

"Enos Prepared for Mercury Orbital Flight" (1961). Official NASA Photographs, Vol. 1, October 10, 1960 - July 24, 1969. 3.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/nasa-photographs-volume-1/3