RON DUPAS COLLECTION
No. 835. Chrysler Redstone NASA
Photograph from NASA, taken at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 1961
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READIED FOR FLIGHT - Project Mercury's second manned suborbital space
flight from Cape Canaveral, will be attempted during the week of
July 16, utilizing this 58-foot Mercury-Redstone vehicle. Significant
advances have been made in the design of the Mercury spacecraft and
the astronaut's personal equipment. Flight will be similar to MR-3,
the first manned Mercury flight May 5, 1961, however, pilot will have
more time for making earth and celestial observations." |