Revenki's photos with the keyword: Mercury

The image on the left is from a slide taken by my grandparents in early 1965, the one on the left I took in August 2009, showing the same scene today. Unfortunately, the printed image I was using as a reference was not complete, cutting off at the corner of the pedestal. It was also nearly impossible with my D-80 to get the perspective to match the original image, even while crouching down to simulate an old slide camera held at chest height (judging by the crossbar on the monument, I obviously didn't crouch down enough). The people in the photo are other tourists, no connection to my grandparents (ie: I don't know who they are).

The top left image is from a slide taken by my grandparents in early 1965. The upper right image is the same view from August 2009. The lower image is what is left of the launch facility, hidden now by the foliage on the righthand side of the access road -- the mound on the left is the launch control blockhouse, and straight ahead is the rocket launch mount and the foundation for the red launch umbilical tower seen in the older image. The tower itself is I think the one shown in other images in my KSC tour set, laid out in segments in a parking lot at the nearby rocket park.

The launch mount at LC-14, used for the Mercury Atlas launches.

At LC-14.

Part of the launch pad at LC-14.

The blockhouse and launch mount at LC-14.

The Mercury Seven Monument at LC-14.

The Mercury 7, at the Mercury Monument outside LC14.

The Mercury Seven Monument at LC-14.

The blockhouse at LC-12.

Part of the launch pad at LC14

Commemorating Alan Shepard's Mercury suborbital flight.

A Redstone rocket with a Mercury capsule on top.