RON DUPAS COLLECTION
No. 833. McDonnell Mercury "Liberty Bell" on Chrysler Redstone (MR-4) NASA
Photograph from NASA, taken at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 1961
Photo No. 61-MR4-33
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"Standing by in the launch area during the countdown of the MR-4
will be an Army M-113 personnel carrier, seen at the base of the
rocket. If it becomes necessary for the pilot to be removed from the
spacecraft in the final minutes of the count, the "cherry
picker" would deliver him to the personnel carrier which would
carry him out of the area." |