Mercury MA-1

Artifact — Date: 2009 | Photo by: Chris Griffith

This capsule was destroyed during the first attempt to launch Mercury capsule on an Atlas booster. Portions of the capsule were recovered from the Atlantic Ocean.

Type: Mercury
Kind: Flight Vehicle
Flight: MA-1
Location: Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Hutchinson, Kansas

Older Display

Location: American Space Museum
Date: 2022
Photos by: Chris Griffith