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heng44
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posted 01-06-2006 10:19 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Mercury-Redstone 1 was the embarrasing “tower flight” on November 21, 1960, in which a premature engine shutdown of the Redstone booster triggered ignition of the escape tower. The tower landed 400 meters from the launch pad, where it drilled a hole in the ground. The Mercury spacecraft was launched successfully on MR-1A one month later.

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posted 01-06-2006 10:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Madon_space   Click Here to Email Madon_space     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi ed
One of my all time classic clips always gives me a chuckle cheers.

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nojnj
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posted 01-06-2006 05:44 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for nojnj   Click Here to Email nojnj     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Great Photo! That's one I had not seen. What a treasure of photos you have. Thanks for sharing.

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