Electronic Design

Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne: Two Different Missions that Shaped the Space Race (Part 1)

Although NASA’s Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne served very different objectives, a closer look reveals that both missions were powered by equal parts of competition, innovation, and a strong dose of ...
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Visitors looking at Project Mercury Capsule, National Air Museum

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Two young visitors looking at a model ...
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Shingles and Hardware, Capsule, Mercury #12B

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Mercury spacecraft 12 was originally ...
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John Glenn, Mercury astronauts contributed to capsule design

ST. LOUIS • John Glenn not only circled the Earth in a Mercury capsule, he and the other Friendship 7 astronauts greatly influenced its design. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a ...
Electronic Design

Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne: Two Different Missions that Shaped the Space Race (Part 2)

Part 2 explores the dramatically different approaches to the launch systems, and the surprising similarities in the factors that contributed to their success. Although they served very different ...