Visitors looking at Project Mercury Capsule, National Air Museum
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1961
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 22
Two young visitors looking at a model of the Mercury Capsule on display in the National Air Museum, now the National Air and Space Museum. The model was given to the Museum on March 29, 1961 because of the great public interest in the Mercury Space Program. The 1/3 scale model of the Mercury Capsule is completely equipped with escape tower, retro-rockets, interior fittings, and a model of an astronaut. The display was built and given to the Museum by the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation of St. Louis, the prime contractors for the capsules for the Mercury Project.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Original negative number is 47800, but that negative has been lost.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 22
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1961
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2002-12191
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print