... of detail, such as windows, which have been an issue in spacecraft design since the famous argument about the Mercury capsule. The author mentions the equally famous Skylab window, which architectural consultant Raymond Loewy championed...
... children by the little-known British author Hugh Walters and its similarly alliterated titles, such as Mission to Mercury and Spaceship to Saturn. Johnson himself acknowledges the similar ‘Perry Rhodan’ series as an inspiration. Mission to Methone...
.... Thus we read a discussion on blowing the hatch after splashdown: Stafford says, “You remember Gus Grissom, during Mercury 4”; Slayton comments, “I wasn’t at all eager about getting that hatch opened too quick”; and Brand concludes...
... name in WWII making aerial cameras for the Swedish Air Force. Following the use of Hasselblads on the Mercury and Gemini missions, a version was developed for Apollo. Although the technical descriptions are brief, the...
... all life on Earth depends. At its closest point, the spacecraft will operate from within the orbit of Mercury, providing unique data and imagery of the Sun. Solar Orbiter is an ESA-led mission with NASA participation...
... visiting the Viking lander on Mars. As far as real space hardware is concerned, the museum also displays the Mercury 14 capsule (used to test the launch escape system), a Gemini boilerplate drop-test vehicle and the Orion...