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Bruce Aikenhead: A Canadian Space Pioneer
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Project Mercury Air Lubricated Free Attitude Trainer (ALFA), drawing by Aikenhead
37 of 102 		Bruce Aikenhead (left) and astronaut John Glenn with the Project Mercury ALFA Trainer
38 of 102 		The Project Mercury ALFA Trainer
39 of 102 		Bruce Aikenhead at the Langley Research Centre
40 of 102 		Mercury tracking station consoles
41 of 102 		Flight Map of John Glenn's Mercury Mission
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Launch of Friendship 7, the first American manned orbital space flight, with astronaut John Glenn
43 of 102 		CF-104 Starfighters in formation. Aikenhead worked on the CF-104 flight simulator with CAE
44 of 102 		HARP rocket schematic, drawn by Aikenhead
45 of 102 		The HARP Highwater Test Range
46 of 102 		An abandoned HARP gun, present-day
47 of 102 		The ISIS-2 Spacecraft
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The Test Team with ISIS-2 at the Goddard Space Flight Center (Aikenhead second to left of satellite)
49 of 102 		Hermes satellite being tested at the David Florida Laboratory High Bay
50 of 102 		The Communication Technology Satellite a.k.a. Hermes
51 of 102 		Aikenhead was awarded certification as a professional engineer in 1975
52 of 102 		The wrist joint of the Canadarm during thermal vacuum testing
53 of 102 		The first installation of a Canadarm on the Space Shuttle (Aikenhead in background)
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