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MA-1 Capsule Reassembled After Explosion Main Content
NASA Center: Johnson Space Center
Image # : S-67-19582
Date : 07/29/1960

Title

MA-1 Capsule Reassembled After Explosion

Full Description

The main objectives of Mercury Atlas-1's (MA-1) were to recover the capsule and test the integrity of the Mercury capsule structure and afterbody shingles. About one minute after liftoff MA-1 exploded and the remaining debris landed 7 miles off the Florida shore. The debris was collected and engineers attempted to reassemble MA-1 to determine the cause of the explosion.

Keywords

Mercury Atlas 1 Shingles KSC Explosion Kennedy Space Center

Subject Category

Mercury-Program, Mercury-Gemini Spacecraft, Rocket Launches, Spacecraft Landings

Reference Numbers

  • Center: JSC
  • Center Number: S-67-19582
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2002-000043

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

ResolutionFormatWidth
(Pixels)		Height
(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail JPEG 70 88 9
Small JPEG 500 626 236
Medium JPEG 1172 1467 1,189
Large JPEG 2344 2933 6,850

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