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Project Mercury Escape Tower Rockets Tests
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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. In October 1959 NASA’s Space Task Group allocated several Project Mercury assignments to Lewis. The Altitude Wind Tunnel was quickly modified so that its 51-foot diameter western leg could be used as a test chamber.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineProject Mercury Escape Tower Rockets Tests. NASA/GRC, 1960-04-23. Public domain. ID: GRC-1960-C-53287.
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