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Mercury Unmanned Mission Overview
View of Mercury spacecraft heat shield seen after MR-2 flight

Mercury spacecraft #6 heat shield clearly shows the effects of re-entry heat as it is hoisted aboard the recovery ship downrange after the Mercury-Atlas 2 flight.



Catalog Date: 14 April 1964
Film Type: 4x5 BW
NASA image: S64-19600


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