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Collection:
NASA Image eXchange Collection
Title:
Mercury Project - Little Joe capsule
Description:
Assembling the Little Joe capsule. This workman signed and taped in a twenty-dollar bill to be carried along with the mission. The capsules were manufactured "in-house" by Langley technicians. Joseph Shortal wrote (vol. 3, p. 32): "Design of the Little Joe capsules began at Langley before McDonnell started on the design of the Mercury capsule and was, therefore, a separate design. Although it was not designed to carry a man, it did have to carry a monkey. It had to meet the weight and center of gravity requirements of Mercury and withstand the same aerodynamic loads during the exit trajectory." "Although in comparison with the overall Mercury Project, Little Joe was a simple undertaking, the fact that an attempt was made to condense a normal two-year project into a 6-month one with in house labor turned it into a major undertaking for Langley.
Date:
08.22.1959
Credit:
NASA Langley Research Center (NASA-LaRC) [ http://lisar.larc.n…]
facet_what:
Mercury
facet_where:
Mercury
facet_where:
Langley Research Center (LaRC)
facet_when:
08-22-1959
facet_when_year:
1959
Media:
IMAGE
ID:
EL-2002-00309
Other ID:
L59-5781
UID:
SPD-NIX-EL-2002-0030 9
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