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Description

English: Shadowgraph photo of experiment with shape of Mercury spacecraft from 1960, showing a protective layer in front of the blunt end.

Date

1 January 1960

Source

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: Shadowgraph Images of Re-entry Vehicles - GPN-2000-001938.jpg

Author

NASA

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