Title

1961 - Astronaut Alan B. Shepard has his blood pressure and temperature checked

Caption

(5 May 1961) Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. has his heart rate checked prior to his Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) mission, the first American manned suborbital spaceflight. The attending physician is Dr. William K. Douglas.

Credit line

Photo12/Universal Images Group/HUM Images

Reference

UMG22A32_488

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

20,5Mb (853,1Kb) / 7,9in x 10,0in / 2383 x 3000 (300dpi)

Keywords

archival astronaut archival astronauts historical astronaut historical astronauts astronauts american astronauts us astronauts usa astronauts american space program us space program usa space program vintage astronauts vintage astronaut space program history astronaut history alan shepard alan b. shepard blood pressure check shepard blood pressure