Museum Minute: The Mercury Capsule Replica in our Parks and Recreation Department.
Museum Minute: ๐๐๐ง๐๐ช๐ง๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ in our Parks and Recreation Department. This Mercury capsule displayed in Pasadena is a mock up and was never used in flight.
March 11, 1978โThe Parks & Recreation Department received a letter from the U.S. Government stating that the โfull scale Mercury capsule with towerโ is on indefinite loan to the City of Pasadena.
**Project Mercury became an official program of NASA on October 7, 1958.
**On May 15-16, 1963, Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., completed a 22-orbit mission of 34 ยฝ hours in Faith 7. This was a triumphant conclusion of the Project Mercury Program.
Image removed. Archived stories keep their pictures for 3 years; the original source may still have them.The Mercury Capsule Replica is an exact replica of the spacecraft flown by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. in the 1963 mission. It is a full-scale replica of the original capsule, with a tower, and is on indefinite loan to the City of Pasadena. It is displayed in the City of Pasadena's Parks and Recreation Department and is a popular attraction for visitors. The replica serves to commemorate the first successful mission of the U.S. manned space program and to educate the public about the history of space exploration.