Project Mercury Images
 

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F03_027_02

Date

January 1961

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This black and white text is located on the backside of the prior image. This description describes the image and context of the imagery.

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black and white photograph

Keywords

Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Press releases, Space vehicles, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.), Rockets (Aeronautics)--Launching

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This material is free from copyright under Sections 101 and 105 of the United States Copyright Act.

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Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

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Language

eng

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, D.C. 20546 For Release: Immediate Photo No. 60-MR1-9 This photograph is a government publication - not subject to copyright. It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA or by any NASA employee of a commercial product, process, or service, or used in any other manner that might mislead. Accordingly, it is requested that if this photograph is used in advertising, posters, books, etc. Layout and copy be submitted to NASA prior to release. This is a view of the Prelaunch preparations at Cape Canaveral, Florida for the flight testing of a production version of the Project Mercury spacecraft. The purpose of the test was to qualify the craft and its systems in the environment of space. The launch vehicle is a Mercury Redstone booster. Project Mercury is the initial manned space flight program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Press releases, Space vehicles, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.), Rockets (Aeronautics)--Launching

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