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NASA Center: Langley Research Center
Image # : L-1959-04944
Date : 07/30/1944

Title

Mecury Spacecraft Boilerplate

Full Description

Boilerplate Mercury spacecraft being manufactured "in-house" by Langley technicians. The capsules were designed to test spacecraft recovery systems. The escape tower and rocket motors shown on the completed capsule would be removed before shipping and finally assembly for launching at Wallops Island. Design of the Little Joe capsules began at Langley before McDonnell started on the design of the Mercury capsule.

Keywords

Project Mercury Little Joe Launch Vehicle Boilerplate Langley

Subject Category

Mercury-Program, Mercury-Gemini Spacecraft,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: LARC
  • Center Number: L-1959-04944
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001731

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: Unknown
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

ResolutionFormatWidth
(Pixels)		Height
(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail .jpg 72 90 9
Small .jpg 510 640 232
Medium .jpg 1196 1500 1,033
Large .jpg 1 3000 3,454

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