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Collection:
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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
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Title:
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Mecury Spacecraft Boilerplate
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Full Description:
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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.
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Date:
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07/30/1944
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NASA Center:
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Langley Research Center
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Subject Category:
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Mercury-Program
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Subject Category:
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Mercury-Gemini Spacecraft
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Keywords:
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Langley
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Keywords:
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Launch
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Keywords:
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Mercury
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Keywords:
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Project
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Keywords:
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Joe
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Keywords:
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Vehicle
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Keywords:
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Little
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Keywords:
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Boilerplate
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Audience:
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General Public
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facet_what:
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Gemini
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facet_what:
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Mercury
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facet_where:
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Mercury
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facet_where:
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Langley Research Center (LaRC)
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facet_when:
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07-30-1944
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facet_when_year:
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1944
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Image #:
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L-1959-04944
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orignial url:
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http://grin.hq.nasa…
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UID:
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 1731
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Center:
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LARC
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Center Number:
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L-1959-04944
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GRIN DataBase Number:
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GPN-2000-001731
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Creator-Photographer:
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Unknown
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Original Source:
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DIGITAL
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Image ID:
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127171
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Resolution Size:
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5
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Format:
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JP2
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Media Type:
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Image
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File Name:
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GPN-2000-001731.jp2
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Width:
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2392
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Height:
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3000
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