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Mercury capsule; Mercury spacecraft
diameter 6.21 foot, length 10.8 foot, mass 3000 pound, 
spacecraft, space capsule, crewed spacecraft, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, United States, 
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Mercury-Scout-1 (MS-1)

Three-axis hand controller mercury project

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) photographer Arthur Laufman sets up a camera to film a Mercury capsule that was constructed by the Lewis Research Center staff.

A NASA mechanic secures the afterbody to a Mercury capsule in the hangar at the Lewis Research Center. The capsule was one of two built at Lewis for the “Big Joe” launches scheduled for September 1959.

Shadowgraph Images of Re-entry Vehicles - GPN-2000-001938

Technicians working in the McDonnell White Room on the Mercury-crop

A Mercury capsule is mounted inside the Altitude Wind Tunnel for a test of its escape tower rockets at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center.

A mechanic at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center prepares the inverted base of a Mercury capsule for a test of its posigrade retrorockets inside the Altitude Wind Tunnel.

S61-03941 (26 April 1961) --- A mock-up of the Mercury space capsule is held suspended above the water aboard the ship that is taking astronauts Grissom and Glenn to their emergency water egress training. Photo credit: NASA

S61-03257 (1961) --- View of Mercury spacecraft instrument control panels. Photo credit: NASA

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Mercury-Scout-1 (MS-1)		Commons
commons	image		Three-axis hand controller mercury project		Commons
commons	image		National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) photographer Arthur Laufman sets up a camera to film a Mercury capsule that was constructed by the Lewis Research Center staff.		Commons
commons	image		A NASA mechanic secures the afterbody to a Mercury capsule in the hangar at the Lewis Research Center. The capsule was one of two built at Lewis for the “Big Joe” launches scheduled for September 1959.		Commons
commons	image		Shadowgraph Images of Re-entry Vehicles - GPN-2000-001938		Commons
commons	image		Technicians working in the McDonnell White Room on the Mercury-crop		Commons
commons	image		A Mercury capsule is mounted inside the Altitude Wind Tunnel for a test of its escape tower rockets at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center.		Commons
commons	image		A mechanic at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center prepares the inverted base of a Mercury capsule for a test of its posigrade retrorockets inside the Altitude Wind Tunnel.		Commons
commons	image		S61-03941 (26 April 1961) --- A mock-up of the Mercury space capsule is held suspended above the water aboard the ship that is taking astronauts Grissom and Glenn to their emergency water egress training. Photo credit: NASA		Commons
commons	image		S61-03257 (1961) --- View of Mercury spacecraft instrument control panels. Photo credit: NASA		Commons