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Major System of the Mercury Spacecraft

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• 1961-5-18

Major systems of the Mercury spacecraft are represented in this simplified artist's version. --- An artist's impression of the Project Mercury space capsule in orbit. The blunt end of the capsule absorbs the tremendous heat of re-entering the eart...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Project Mercury Ballistic Capsule

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• 1979-5-9

Artist view of the spacecraft in which Shepard made his dramatic plunge upwards.

Daily Mirror