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Mating Lunar Module 1 to Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter in Manned Spacecraft Operations Building
Tags: Apollo 5; Apollo Project; AS-204; John F. Kennedy Space Center; Kennedy Space Center; KSC; LM 1; LM-1; Lunar Module; Manned Spacecraft Operations Building; Merritt Island; MSOB; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Project Apollo; SLA-7; space; Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter 7
Verification Vehicle Being Moved to Launch Complex 34
Tags: Apollo Project; Cape Canaveral; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station; CCAFS; Command/Service Module; CSM; John F. Kennedy Space Center; Kennedy Space Center; KSC; Launch Complex 34; Launch Pad 34; LC-34; Manned Spacecraft Operations Building; Merritt Island; MSOB; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Project Apollo; space
Fueling Umbilical Testing for Project Apollo
Launch Complex 39 at John F. Kennedy Space Center
Günter F. Wendt and Astronaut Gordon Cooper at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
Tags: astronauts; Cape Canaveral; Cape Canaveral AFS; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station; Gordo Cooper; Gordon Cooper; Guenter Wendt; Günter F. Wendt; Günter Wendt; Launch Complex 14; LC-14, MA-9; Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr.; McDonnell Aircraft Corporation; Mercury; Mercury 7; Mercury 7, Mercury-Atlas, Project Mercury; Mercury-Atlas; Mercury-Atlas 9; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; outer space; Project Mercury; space; space exploration; space programs
Time Capsule Placed at Mercury 7 Monument
Tags: Astronaut Group 1; Cape Canaveral; Cape Canaveral AFS; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station; CCAFS; Jack Kennedy; JFK; John F. Kennedy; John Fitzgerald Kennedy; Launch Complex 14; LC-14; Marine Corps; Mercury; Mercury 7; Mercury 7 Monument; Mercury Monument; Mercury Seven; monument; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Original Seven; outer space; president; Project Mercury; space; space exploration; space program; space programs; time capsule; U.S. Marine Corps
Dr. Calvin D. Fowler Applying His Engineering Hallmark
Tags: Apollo 17; Apollo Project; Fowler, Cal; Fowler, Calvin "Cal" D.; GE; General Electric Company; hallmark; hallmark of excellence; inspection; John F. Kennedy Space Center; Kennedy Space Center; KSC; Manned Flight Awareness; MFA; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; outer space; space; space exploration; space program
Warren III Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Site at Warren Air Force Base
Tags: AFB; Air Force Base; Atlas; coffin sites; Francis E. Warren AFB; Francis E. Warren Air Force Base; intercontinental ballistic missile; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; outer space; space; space exploration; space programs; U.S. Air Force; Warren AFB; Warren Air Force Base; Warren III
Launch Crew Members in Front of Sigma 7 Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
Tags: 6555th Aerospace Test Group; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Pad 14; Filer, John; Fowler, Cal; Fowler, Calvin "Cal" D.; Franklin, Art; GDA; General Dynamics/Astronautics; Hodsden, Charlie; Honeycutt, Mel; Launch Complex 14; Launch Pad 14; LC-14; MA-8; Meatti; Mercury; Mercury-Atlas; Mercury-Atlas 8; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; outer space; Pan American World Airways; Pechi, Don; Project Mercury; Sigma 7; space; space exploration; space program; Storky, Jim; Watson; Whitehurst
What To Do and See in the Cape Canaveral Area
Tags: A-C Spark Plug; ABC; Adams, Pat; Advanced Realty; Aerojet; Aeronutronic; Aerospace Corporation; Air Florida, Inc.; Air Force Missile Test Center; amberjacks; angelfish; Antigua; Apollo; applied mathematics; Arma Division; Aruban; Ascension Island; Atlantic Avenue; Atlantic Missle Range; Atlantic Ocean; Atlas; Atlas-Able; Atlas-Agena A; Atlas-Centaur; Atlas-Mercury; auger shell; Autonetics; AVCO; Avis Rent-A-Car; B.O.P. Furntiure; Bahamas; Banana River; Barry Built Homes; Bell Telephone Lab, Inc.; Benbow, K. C.; Bennett, Gary; Bernard's Surf; bird watching; Black Knight; Blair, Jeb; Blair, Orin; Blue-Streak; bluefish; blueggils; Boeing Company; Bolan, Johnny; bonito fish; Borum, R. L.; Boyd, John; Brackett, Harry; Brazil; Brevard County; Brevard Engineering College; Brevard Junior College; Brevard State Bank; brown cockle; Brownell Associates; Brownell, E. A.; Brownell, W. P., Jr.; Brownll, W. P.; Bruner, David D.; Bryant, J. J.; Budget Rent-A-Car; bull whiting fish; Burroughs Corporation; Byrd Shopping Plaza; C-5; cabbage palm; Cady, Winthrop; Canaveral Aviation Corporation; Canaveral Harbor; Capadano, Harry; Cape Canaveral Fishing and Amusement Pier; Cape Canaveral Home Buyers and Real Estate Guide; Cape Canaveral Limousine Service; Cape Canaveral Press Club; Cape Colony Inn; Cape Colony Inn Gift Shop; Cape Housing Center; Cape, Inc.; Capri; Captain's Table Restaurant; Car-Truck Rental; Caribbean Islands; Caribbean Sea; Carlton Groves; Cass-Dale Builders; Castro, Ralph; Cathedral of Palms; CBS; celestrial mechanics; channell bass; Chase, N. B.; Cherniak, George S.; Chevrolet; Christ Luterhan Church; Christian Science Services; Chrysler Corporation; Church of Christ; Church of God; Church of our Saviour; Clark, L. P., Jr.; cobia fish; Cocoa Beach Chamber of Commerece; Cocoa Beach Church of Christ; Cocoa Beach Community Church; Cocoa Beach Downtown Shopping Center; Cocoa Beach News Center; Cocoa Beach State Bank; Cocoa Causeway; Cocoa Chamber of Commerece; coconut palm; Colonial Lounge; Congress Inn Dining Room; Continental Cocktail Loung, Inc.; Continental Restaurant; Continental Supper Club; Continental Trio; Cook, Thomas; Cooper, Leroy Gordon; copperhead break; coquina; Country Squire; crappie; Cresthaven Homes; croakers fish; Daniel, W. H.; Daye, Bonnie; Deac, W. P.; Dean, Paul; Debus, Kurt H.; deep sea fishing; DeNike Realty; Diplomat Apartments; Discover; Dixie Highway; Dixion Boulevard Baptist Church; dolphin; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc.; drum fish; Dryden, J. E.; Dyna-Soar; Earl, R. C., Jr.; Eastern Airlines; Eastminster Presbyterian Church; Eastview Homes; Eau Gallie Beach; Eau Gallie Chamber of Commerece; Eau Gallie River; electrical engineering; Eleuthera; Endsley, Bob; Exec IV; explorer; Fat Boy's Barbeque; Favata's Italian Restaurant; Federal Homes Adminsitration; Fern De Noronha; fighting conch; First Baptist Church; First Baptist Church of Cocoa; First Baptist Church of Cocoa Beach; First Baptist Church of Eau Gallie; First Baptist Church of Indialantic; First Baptist Church of Melbourne; First Baptist Church of Merritt Island; First Baptist Church of Palm Bay; First Baptist Church of Titusville; First Christian Church; First Christian Church of Cocoa; First Christian Church of Cocoa Beach; First Christian Church of Eau Gallie; First Christian Church of Melbourne; First Church of Christ, Scientist; First Federal Building; First Methodist Church; First Methodist Church of Cocoa; First Methodist Church of Cocoa Beach; First Methodist Church of Titusville; Fischer's; Florida Coast Real Estate Company, Inc.; Fortest, Jack F.; Franz Men's Shop; fresh water fishing; Fullbright scholar; Gardendale; Gary Bennet's Bait and Tacklet; General Development Corporation; General Dynamics Astronautics; General Electrical Company; giant groupers; Glass, R. H.; Glessner, J. M.; Grace Community Church; Grand Bahama; Grand Turk; Graves, D. E.; Grine, Ken; groupers; Guy; Haggard, K. M.; Hall, Ernest M.; Hampton Homes; Hanson, G. F.; Harrison, Joe; health belt; helicopters; Henriksen, O. M.; Hensel's Red Rooster; Hercules Powder Company; Herndon Airport; Hertz; Hett, John M.; Holiday Inn; Holt, Dan; Holy Apostles Episcopal Church; Holy Trinity Episcopal Church; Hour Glass Grill; Hub's Inn; Hughes, W. J.; Humphreys, Oley; Hursey, Ben; Hutchins, R. B.; Imperial; Indian Harbor Beach; Indian River; Inland Waterway; Instrument Corporation of Florida; International Business Machine Corporation; Island Beach Outdoor Church; Isner, R. J.; Ivanhoe; Jerry's Pizza Palace; Jewfish; Junez Construction Comapny; Junez Homes; Juno II; Jupite C; Kano; Keg Room; Kiddie Corral; King; King Mackerel; King Street Baptist Church; King, Jack; Ko-Ko Motel; Koko Motel Dining Room; Kulchin, D.; Kurlan, Laura; Kurlan, Nort; Lake Poinsett; Lake Winder; Lamm, E. C.; Landwirth, Henri; large cockle; largemouth black bass; Lark; Lee's Charcoal Putt; left-handed welk; LIFE Magazine; Little Joe-Mercury; Lockheed Missiles and Space Company; Luterhan Church of the Redeemer; Luterhan Mission Church; Lynns Answering and Secretarial Service; macaw; MacNabb, B. G.; Mark Wayne Quartet; martin company; Martinique; Maxwell, Charles a.; Mayaguana; Mayaguez; Mayfair Cafeteria; McCauley, Craig; McCoy Airport; McDonnell Air Craft; McKee Jungle Gardens; Meals, Jim; Melbourne Airport; Melbourne Beach Steak House; Melbourne Country Club; Melbourne-Eau Gallie High School; Melbourne-Indialantic Causeway; Melgaard, J. L.; Messiah Lutheran Church; Mihm, G. J.; Minuteman Group; Miss Charleston; Miss Cocoa Beach; Missile Industrial Park, Inc.; Missile Test Project's Recreation Association; Mitchell, R. S.; Mitchell, Ralph; Moon Base; Moore, Howard; Mora, Don; Mora, Frank; mullet; Myrt's Rest; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Airlines; National Car Rentals; NBC; Nigeria; Nipper Regatta; Nock-A-Bouts; Nova; offshore fishing; olive shell; orchid shows; Orlando Airport; Orlando Avenue; Our Lady of Lordes Catholic Church; PAFB; Pageant Homes; Palm Bay Methodist Church; Pan American; Pan American Airways; Pan American World Airways; Patrick Air Force Base; Pep-Tones; Pershing Park; Pershing Park Homes; pickerel fish; Pirates Den Cocktail Loung; Poinsett Lodge; Polaris; Polaris and Space Motor Group; Polaris Motel; pompano fish; Pooh Bah Lounge; Port Canaveral; Port Malabar; Principe, P. M.; Project Mercury; Prokect Score; queen palm; Radiation Incporated; Radio Corporation of America; Ramon's Restaurant; Ranger; Raphael, Ross; RCA; RCA Missile Test Project; RCA Service Company, Inc.; Redstone-Mercury; Reitter, Roy; Richardson, U. Wendell; Ridge Road Riding Stable; River Road; River View Restaurant; Riverside Presbyterian Church; Riviera Lounge; Roberts, Dorothy; rocket; rocket boosters; Rocketdyne Field Engineering; Rockledge Estates; Rockledge Estates Country Club; Rockledge Presbyterian Church; Roden, W. S.; rough scallop; royal palm; royal palm trees; Ryland, Brennan; s Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge; sailfish; salt water fishing; salt water trout; Salt Water Trout Capital of the World; Samoa Restaurant; Samoa Steel Drum Band; San Salvadore; sand fleas; Sara n' Pat; Satellite Villa; Saturn; Saturn C-5; Saturn Launch Complex; Scearce, Jim; Schrafft; scout; Scrafft's Carriage House; sea bream fish; Sea Dunes; Sea Dunes Restort Motel; Seacoast Shores; Season, G. O.; Sebastian Inlet; Seventh Day Adventist Church of Cocoa Beach; sheepshead fish; Shoemaker, W. R.; shrimp; Silk, R.; Sizemore, E. N.; Skyroom Restaurant; Smith, B. R.; Smith, James; Smythe, H. S.; Soraban Engineering company; Soroban Engineering, Inc.; South Brevard Beaches Chamber of Commerece; South Patricl Apartments; Southern Gulf Homes; sow snappers; space; space program; space technology; Space Technology Labs, Inc.; Space-Age Homes; Spaceport U.S.A.; Spanish fish; speckled perch; spiny periwinkle; Sptiznogle, J. O.; St. David's By the Sea Episcopal Church; St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church; St. John's Episcopal Church; St. Johns River; St. Joseph's Catholic Church; St. Lucia; St. Luke's Episcopal Church; St. Mark's Episcopal Church; St. Mark's Methodist Church; St. Mary's Catholic Church; St. Paul's Methodist Church; St. Theresa's Roman Catholic Church; storms; Storz, H. D.; Super Land Palms; surf fishing; Surfland Palms; Surfside Estates; Surfside Homes; Susor, John; Sykes Creek; Tahoe; tarpon fish; Taylor-Made Homes; Taylor, Bob; Temple Beth Sholom; Terra-luna; Terrace Shores Homes; The Gateway to the Moon; The Neptune; The Pelican; Thiokol Chemical Corporation; Thor-Able Star; Thor-Agena A; Thor-Delta; Thorn, Peter S.; Tibbs, O. E.; Tidelands Motor Inn; Tital ICBM; Titusville Chamber of Commerece; Town Restaurant; Trade Winds Cafeteria; Tradewinds Hotel Dining Room; traveler's palm; triple-tail fish; Tropicana; Tunesters; U. S. Air Force; U.S. Army; U.S. Navy; U.S. News and World Report; U.S.-1; U.S.-A1A; United Presbyterian Church of the Good Shepherd; V-2; Vanguard; Vanguard Lounge; Vanguard Motel; Varney, T. L.; Vero Beach; Veterans Administration; Veterans Affairs; Vetter Isles Estates; Walker, R. F.; warmouth perch; washington palm; Waterway Homes; Waves Beauty Salon; Wayne, Mark; WDBO-TV; WESH-TV; Whispering Hills Country Club; Whispering Pines Stables; White Caps Steak House; whiting fish; Wilkinson, Robert; Wilson, J. E.; WLOF-TV; Wong, Gee; Woolfe, Betty; World Airways, Inc.; Yardley, J. F.; Yum Yum Room
Letter from Colonel William E. Todd to Dr. Cal Fowler (December 4, 1961)
Tags: 566 SMS; 566th Strategic Missile Squadron Complex 11; AJSC; Atlas; Atlas ICBM; B. G. McNabb; Ballistic Systems Division; Cal Fowler; Calvin D. Fowler; Cape Canaveral; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station; CCAFS; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Francis E. Warren Air Force Base; Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Wing; intercontinental ballistic missiles; missiles; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Nunn, Colorado; Plains Hotel; Range Room; rockets; Rockport, Colorado; Site Activation Task Force; space; U.S. 85; U.S. Air Force; U.S. Route 85; USAF; Warren AFB; Warren III; William E. Todd
Smiling Schirra Gets Memento Key
Oral History of Richard Lamberty
Tags: 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting; A Prayer for Children; acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AFL-CIO; AIDS; American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations; April Follies; ATM machines; automated teller machine; Ava Kaye; ballroom dancers; ballroom dancing; Barbara Zoloth; BART; Bay Area Rapid Transit; bullying; cash machines; Casselberry; Catholicism; Catholics; CBS News; Center for Humanities and Digital Research; CHDR; Christian fundamentalism; Christianity; coffee concerts; Colonial Plaza Mall; Croatian War of Independence; dance instructors; Dance Vision International Dancers Association; dancers; defense; Denver; Diane Jarmolow; Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts; DVIDA American Smooth Bronze Syllabus manual; El Paso; Ellen DeGeneres; ESSDA; European Same-Sex Dancing Association; Facebook; Finding Dory; fundamentalism; fundraisers; GALA Choruses Festival; Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses; Gay Games; Geoffrey Cravero; GLBT; GLBT Community Center of Central Florida; gun control; gun regulations; gun violence; Harris Corporation; hate crimes; hijab; HIV; hoedowns; homophobia; homosexuality; human immunodeficiency virus infection; James A. Rode; Japan; Jim Brown; John F. Kennedy Space Center; Joy MCC; Joy Metropolitan Community Church; Kennedy Space Center Vigil; kinesiology; KSC; Latin Night; LGBT; LGBT Center of Central Florida; LGBTIQ; LGBTQ; Lockheed Martin; Longwood; March Madness; March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation; Martin Marietta Corporation; mass shootings; NASA; NASSPDA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; New Mexico; North American Same-Sex Partner Dance Association; OGC; online credits; online shopping; Orange Blossom Dance Festival; Orange County Convention Center; orlando; Orlando Cloggers; Orlando Gay Chorus; Orlando Strong; Orlando United; Orthodox Muslims; outreach events; Parliament House; Port Arthur massacre; Pulse; Pulse massacre; Pulse nightclub; Pulse nightclub shooting; Pulse tributes; RA; rainbow flags; religious fundamentalism; rheumatoid arthritis; Rollins College; round dancing; same-sex; San Francisco; Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida; space; spell check; square dancers; square dancing; St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church; St. Matthew’s Tavern at the Orlando Beer Garden; Steve Jobs; terrorism; terrorist attacks; terrorists; The Center; The Plaza Live; Tom Slater; transgender; True Colors; TRW Space and Defense Park; TRW, Inc. Space and Defense; typeahead; UCF; Uncut; University of Central Florida; vigils; World Outgames; You'll Never Walk Alone; Yugoslav Wars
A History of Central Florida, Episode 47: John Young's Flight Suit
Tags: A History of Central Florida; Amy Foster; astronaut; Bob Clarke; Bob Crippen; Cathleen Lewis Lewis; Central Boulevard; Challenger; Chip Ford; Daniel Velásquez; Downtown Orlando; Ella Gibson; John F. Kennedy Space Center; John Watts Young; Johnson Space Center; JSC; Katie Kelley; Kendra Hazen; Kennedy Space Center; KSC; launch; Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center; Merritt Island; military; Moon; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; OCRHC; Orange County Regional History Center; orbiter; orlando; outer space; pilot; podcast; Robert "Bob" Laurel Crippen; Robert Cassanello; Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; space; space exploration; Space Shuttle; Space Shuttle Columbia; Space Transportation System; spacecraft; spacesuit; STS; STS-1; UCF; University of Central Florida
RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 32: Launch Consoles: A Forgotten History
Tags: Apollo Program; Atlas; Atlas 3B; Atlas-Centaur; Cape Canaveral; Convair; documentary; engineer; General Dynamics Astronautics; Glenn, John Hershel, Jr.; Hermanstorfer, Mark; launch console; Main Street; Milliden, Buck; missile; museum; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; podcast; Project Apollo; Project Mercury; RICHES Podcast Documentaries; Solonari, Vladimir; space; space age; space program; spaceflight; Titusville; U.S. Space Walk of Fame Museum; UCF; University of Central Florida; Walters, Lori; Wardmen, Murphy
RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 6: Space, the Cocoa Beach Frontier
Tags: 1964-1965 New York World's Fair; Apollo Program; Archer, Donna; architecture; archive; astronaut; Brevard County; Brinkley, David McClure; building permit; Cape Canaveral; Cape Colony Motel; city clerk; city hall; City of Cocoa Beach; Cocoa Beach; Cocoa Beach City Hall; construction; documentary; federal government; Florida State Road 520; Florida State Road A1A; Glenn, John Hershel, Jr.; Googie architecture; heritage; Hermanstorfer, Mark; Holiday Inn; Hurricane David; Institute for Simulation and Training; John F. Kennedy Space Center; Kenney, Thomas "Tom" S.; KPC; Launch Operations Center; launch pad; Lester, Connie L.; mayor; Mayor of Cocoa Beach; Mercury Seven; Merritt Island; missile; Missile Firing Laboratory; missile program; missile race; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; New York World's Fair; Patrick AFB; Patrick Air Force Base; podcast; Project Apollo; Project Mercury; property value; Ramada Inn; real estate; real estate industry; real estate value; Research Parkway; RICHES Podcast Documentaries; Sea Missile Motel; space; Space Age architecture; space flight; space industry; space program; space race; Space Shuttle Program; Sputnik; Sputnik 1; SR 520; SR A1A; The Satellite; The Starlight; Titusville; traffic; UCF; UGM-27 Polaris; University of Central Florida; virtual heritage; Walters, Lori C.; WEZY; WEZY Wagon; William, Red
Telegram from Lew Emmerich to Dr. Cal Fowler (May 15, 1963)
Tags: 500 Azusa; Atlas; Atlas 130-D; boosters; Cal Fowler; Calvin D. Fowler; Cocoa; General Dynamics/Astronautics; launch; Lew Emmerich; MA-9; Mercury-Atlas; Mercury-Atlas 9; missiles; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Project Mercury; rockets; San Diego, California; space; Thomas Avenue; Western Union Company
Canaveral Leaves Mind Sharp Bits Amid Clutter
Tags: astronauts; Atlas; Atlas 130-D; Cal Fowler; Calvin D. Fowler; Cape Canaveral; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station; CCAFS; Cocoa Beach; Goddard Space Flight Center; Gordo Cooper; Greenbelt; Greenbelt, Maryland; John Herschel Glenn, Jr.; launch; Launch Complex 14; LC-14; Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr.; LHD-3; MA-9; Manned Spacecraft Center; Mercury 7; Mercury Control; Mercury-Atlas; Mercury-Atlas 9; missiles; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Project Mercury; Robert B. Voss; rockets; space; Stephen A. Bennett; USS Kearsarge
Earth as Seen by Apollo 8 Crew in Moon Orbit
Apollo 8 View of Moon
Apollo 8 View of Earth
Apollo 8 Liftoff
Apollo 17 Crew with Lunar Rover Trainer and Saturn V
Tags: Apollo 17; Cal Fowler; Calvin D. Fowler; Eugene Andrew Cernan; Gene Cernan; Harrison Hagan Schmitt; Jack Schmitt; John F. Kennedy Space Center; Kennedy Space Center; KSC; Launch Complex 39; Launch Complex 39A; LC-39; LC-39A; LRV; lunar rover; Lunar Roving Vehicle; Merritt Island; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Project Apollo; Ron Evans; Ronald Ellwin Evans, Jr.; SA-512; Saturn V; space
Prime Crew of the Tenth Manned Apollo Mission
Glenn's Rocket Found in Africa
Tags: Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Astronaut Group 1; astronauts; Atlas; Atlas 109D; B. G. McNabb; Cal Fowler; Calvin D. Fowler; Cape Canaveral; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station; CCAFS; Don G. gaylor; General Dynamics/Astronautics; John Herschel Glenn, Jr.; Kurt Debus; Mercury 7; Mercury Seven; Mercury-Atlas; missiles; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Original Seven; Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; Project Mercury; rockets; Smithsonian Institution; South Africa; South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; space; spacecraft; The Miami Herald; U.S. Air Force; U.S. Embassy