Project Mercury Nose Cone
Project Mercury Nose Cone
Clip: 356211_1_1
Year Shot: 1959
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1659
Original Film: 032-035-03
HD: N/A
Location: Virginia
Timecode: 00:15:06 - 00:16:01
Project Mercury Nose Cone At a Virginia testing ground - a full-scale model of the capsule that will carry America's first spaceman into orbit is rocketed aloft to test the parachute mechanism that is to return it safely back to earth. Launch. Parachute deploys from capsule, which floats down and splashes into water.