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Mercury Unmanned Mission Overview
The Rhesus monkey, Sam, with Mercury fiberglass couch

The test subject, a rhesus monkey named Sam, is seen encased in a model of the Mercury fiberglass contour couch. He will be flown on the Little Joe 2 as a test subject.



Catalog Date: 23 October 1963
Film Type: 4x5 BW
NASA image: B60-00036


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