Relive space history with this model of the Mercury-Redstone spacecraft. |
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Both astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, and John Glenn, |
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the first American to orbit the earth, rode this rocket on their epoch flights. |
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The model includes the detachable re-entry capsule which was used for |
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their fiery descent through the atmosphere back to earth. |
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