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Langley Image Gallery
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Langley Image Gallery
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The Road to Apollo
Title
The Road to Apollo
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NASA
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A full-scale model of the Mercury capsule was tested in the Langley 30- by 60-Foot Full-Scale Wind Tunnel. Managed at Langley Research Center, the objectives of the Mercury program were quite specific -- to orbit a crewed spacecraft around the Earth, to investigate the ability of humans to function in space and to recover both human and spacecraft safely. Project Mercury accomplished the first orbital flight made by an American, astronaut John Glenn. Credit: NASA
Description
A full-scale model of the Mercury capsule was tested in the Langley 30- by 60-Foot Full-Scale Wind Tunnel. Managed at Langley Research Center, the objectives of the Mercury program were quite specific -- to orbit a crewed spacecraft around the Earth, to investigate the ability of humans to function in space and to recover both human and spacecraft safely. Project Mercury accomplished the first orbital flight made by an American, astronaut John Glenn. Credit: NASA
Description
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Date:
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3/16/09
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Identifier:
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318707main_Road2Apol lo-05_full
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318707main_Road2Apol lo-05_full
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2009
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What:
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Mercury
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Earth
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Where:
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Langley Research Center (LaRC)
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Langley Research Center (LaRC)
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