mercurycapsule

50 photos and 1 illustration tagged mercurycapsule, from 4 members of Flickr Commons.

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1959

2018

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Ed Dempsey said:
The water, pouring from the bottom of the FAITH 7 MA-9 spacecraft is coming from the stabilization device which Project Mercury capsules used to keep them upright in the water. After reentry, the unneeded heat shield would drop down, after the parachutes opened, to deploy a rubber "landing bag". This perforated rubber sleeve would fill with air to act as a cushion, when the spacecraft hit the water, and then fill with water to act as ballast to keep the spacecraft in a stable, upright, position. When the spacecraft was hoisted out of the water, the seawater would drain out through the same holes by which it had entered.
Ed Dempsey said:
The brighter ( actual color was yellow ) inflataqble ring around the spacecraft ( which pretty much obscures the landing bag ) was not flown in space. It was deployed and attached by divers in the recovery team, in order to prevent a loss of the vehicle like the one that marred the earlier flight of LIBERTY BELL 7.

Mike Acs said:
Rest In Peace Brother, and thank you for your service: www.508pir.org/obits/obit_text/m/mcclure_bb.htm

Dirk de Vor said:
This is not Atlas 20D-Pioneer P-3 but Atlas 10D-Big Joe 1. As the Big Joe 1 Capsule was added to Atlas 10D on August 10th, 1959 it is probably that exact date when this photgraph was taken