NASA [PROJECT MERCURY]

Name: TESTING ON PROJECT MERCURY SPACECRAFT, DECEMBER 19, 1960
Brand: NASA [PROJECT MERCURY]
Price: 200.00 GBP
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TESTING ON PROJECT MERCURY SPACECRAFT, DECEMBER 19, 1960

NASA [PROJECT MERCURY]

Price Realised GBP 252

Closed: 18 May 2022

Price Realised GBP 252

Closed: 18 May 2022

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Project Mercury / Unidentified photographer

Testing on Project Mercury spacecraft

December 19, 1960

Vintage photograph with black NASA Goddard number “G-60-2750” and NASA Goddar caption on the verso.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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Lot Essay

Project Mercury spacecraft, manufactured for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, is hoisted into position for NASA’s first flight test utilising a Mercury-Redstone boost vehicle. This test, conducted December 19, 1960, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, was termed “an unqualified success” by the Space Agency. Project Mercury is the initial manned space flight program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

From NASA caption.