# @nasaartemis on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BCNkJQdGh5z
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15347020-nasaartemis-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/c3a9ecefb3.jpg
- **Posted:** 2016-02-25T14:05:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. prepares for testing in a capsule of the U.S. Navy's centrifuge at Johnsville, Pennsylvania. Shepard would go on to be the first American to enter space. 
Credit: NASA | c. 1960

#NASA #history #humanspaceflight #blackandwhitephotography  #throwbackthusdays #tbt

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blackandwhitephotography, history, tbt, nasa, throwbackthusdays, humanspaceflight

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