The original Mercury astronauts practice for an emergency landing in a remote area - clothing is made from their parachutes at the Air Force survival school at Stead Air Force Base in Nevada. From Left to Right : L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., M. Scott Carpenter, John H. Glenn, Jr., Alan Shepard, Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and Donald K. Slayton.
