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heng44
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posted 03-06-2010 09:44 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Final launch preparations for Mercury-Redstone 4 in the early morning hours of July 21, 1961. This was only the second manned US spaceflight, flown by Gus Grissom aboard Liberty Bell 7.

Ed Hengeveld

art540
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posted 03-06-2010 10:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for art540   Click Here to Email art540     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Wow - great shot, Ed. Thanks for posting this one.

East-Frisian
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posted 03-06-2010 10:44 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for East-Frisian     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I had already waited for today's photo. The Redstone looks a little bit crooked.

Steve Procter
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posted 03-06-2010 10:45 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Steve Procter   Click Here to Email Steve Procter     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Strange looking at the rocket and thinking:

I wonder where the bit is that I have sitting here in my room at the moment'?

ASCAN1984
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posted 03-06-2010 01:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ASCAN1984   Click Here to Email ASCAN1984     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Wow!!!!! Just can't believe how small it all looks compared to the manned vehicles that followed. The man standing beside MR3 really puts it into perspective. There is a certain magic of the early morning and night before launch. Would give anything to be able to visit the pad in the early hours before launch.

spaceheaded
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posted 03-09-2010 05:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for spaceheaded     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Steve Procter:
I wonder where the bit is that I have sitting here in my room at the moment'?
Steve, I had the same thought. I have a relay from that craft, and I often wonder its function. If it could only talk...

dss65
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posted 03-09-2010 09:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dss65   Click Here to Email dss65     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ASCAN1984:
Wow!!!!! Just can't believe how small it all looks compared to the manned vehicles that followed. The man standing beside MR3 really puts it into perspective.
The "funny" thing is that it was referred to as a "giant rocket" in its day.

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