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NASA Center: Glenn Research Center
Image # : C1960-54344
Date : 09/16/1960

Title

Project Mercury Retro and Posigrade Package

Full Description

The Retro and Posigrade Package for the Mercury spacecraft. This was used to de-orbit the spacecraft at the end of mission.

Keywords

Project Mercury Retrorocket Reentry Heat Shield Lewis Research Center

Subject Category

Mercury-Program, Mercury-Gemini Spacecraft,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: GRC
  • Center Number: C1960-54344
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-000386

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: Paul Riedel
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

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(Pixels)		Height
(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail .jpg 72 90 8
Small .jpg 512 640 191
Medium .jpg 1200 1500 883
Large .jpg 2400 3000 2,640

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