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Topic: Capsule Used on MR-BD Flight?
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ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 1499
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 01-14-2013 03:17 PM
   
While there are a couple of online websites stating it is true, can anyone actually confirm that the capsule used on the Little Joe LJ-1B flight of Miss Sam in January 1960 was later used again (and lost at sea) as an inert spacecraft on the Redstone proving flight MR-BD on 24 March 1961? |
Rusty B
Member Posts: 220
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 01-14-2013 09:48 PM
From the NASA NTRS server:Memorandum on Mercury-Redstone Booster Development flight (MR-BD)
PDF Size: 15.5 MB, Publication Date: Mar 26, 1961, Author: Hammack, J. B.
Number of pages = 12 Page 1 (PDF page 2): 3. Capsule Description. - The capsule utilized for the MR-BD flight was designed and built by NASA-Langley Research Center for the Little Joe 1B flight test made in January 1960 at Wallops Island, Virginia. It was ballasted and configured to simulate a Mercury production capsule (specifically, Capsule No. 7). A comparison of construction details between this capsule and the Mercury production capsule is shown in Figure 1.... |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 1499
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 01-14-2013 11:37 PM
Rusty, that was perfect; exactly the documented confirmation I was seeking. Many thanks indeed. | |
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