Mercury Capsule

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Mercury Capsule With Interior

Background Information:

Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union. Taken over from the US Air Force by the newly created civilian space agency NASA, it conducted 20 uncrewed developmental flights (some using animals), and six successful flights by astronauts. The program, which took its name from Roman mythology, cost $2.27 billion (adjusted for inflation).[1][n 2] The astronauts were collectively known as the "Mercury Seven", and each spacecraft was given a name ending with a "7" by its pilot.

The Mercury space capsule was produced by McDonnell Aircraft, and carried supplies of water, food and oxygen for about one day in a pressurized cabin. Mercury flights were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, on launch vehicles modified from the Redstone and Atlas D missiles. The capsule was fitted with a launch escape rocket to carry it safely away from the launch vehicle in case of a failure. The flight was designed to be controlled from the ground via the Manned Space Flight Network, a system of tracking and communications stations; back-up controls were outfitted on board. Small retrorockets were used to bring the spacecraft out of its orbit, after which an ablative heat shield protected it from the heat of atmospheric reentry. Finally, a parachute slowed the craft for a water landing. Both astronaut and capsule were recovered by helicopters deployed from a US Navy ship.

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Interior:

The Interior Is modeled from the original Mercury Capsule, But the Full 250 Buttons, 50 electrical switches, and other instruments couldn’t be included due to the limitations of the device being used to build this craft and the game itself. Furthermore, I tried my best to replicate the interior of the Mercury Capsule.

Vizzy:

The Vizzy program consists of a transmission beep and the Abort system.
Feel Free to use the Craft And the Vizzy Program for any of your creations.

And, With no further adue, Enjoy!