Mercury #17

Artifact — Date: 2017 | Photo by: Chris Griffith

This is a flight-rated capsule. Portions of this capsule were used as replacement parts to Mercury Capsule #20 (Faith 7). Several panels have been removed exposing the engineering inside. The hatch-opening is also covered with Plexiglas.

Type: Mercury
Kind: Unflown Vehicle
Location: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio