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Mercury Capsule Construction at the NASA Lewis Research Center
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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. The initial phase of Project Mercury consisted of a series of unmanned launches using the Air Force’s Redstone and Atlas boosters and the Langley-designed Little Joe boosters.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineMercury Capsule Construction at the NASA Lewis Research Center. NASA/GRC, 1959-08-23. Public domain. ID: GRC-1959-C-51324.
