Dragon Models 1:72 Aerospace Program 50394
McDonnell Mercury Spacecraft Display Model
NASA, Mercury 6 Friendship 7, John Glenn, Launch February 20th, 1962, w/Launch Escape System |
| 1:72 Scale | | Length | | Width |
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| McDonnell Mercury Spacecraft | | 2" | | 1" |
February 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of NASA's first ever manned orbital flight. Dragon is celebrating this auspicious event with a 1/72 scale model of the spacecraft that performed this legendary feat. An Atlas LV-3B launch vehicle blasted off from Cape Canaveral on February 20, 1962 carrying a spacecraft known as Mercury Friendship 7. The flight lasted a mere four hours and 56 minutes, circling the globe three times at a velocity of 7,843m/s before the capsule reentered orbit. The sole occupant of the NASA mission was astronaut John Glenn and the Friendship 7 craft eventually splashed down safely in the Atlantic Ocean. Although the Soviets had performed the same feat the previous year, it was an important step for NASA in the race to put man on the Moon. Today this famous spacecraft remains on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. Dragon's 1/72 scale model depicts the Mercury-6 spacecraft at its launch. The model of call sign "Friendship 7" is accurately constructed and painted, and the correct series of markings are in place. With the miniature model's release coinciding with the flight's 50th anniversary, this is the perfect item for space fans to commemorate this important milestone in the history of American, and world, spaceflight.
Project Mercury was the United States' first human spaceflight program running from 1959 through 1963 with the goal of putting a human in orbit around the Earth. © Copyright 2003-2024 The Flying Mule, Inc.
Dragon's 1:72 scale Mercury Spacecraft is constructed entirely of plastic with an internal metal weight to enhance overall feel. The space capsule features the accurate look and feel of simulated corrugated metal surface found on the real vehicle. The nose can be fitted with an intricately detailed removable escape rocket tower or reconfigured for earth orbit display with the reentry spoiler in the deployed position. The capsule also features three separately applied simulated straps holding the retro-rocket package to the rear heat shield. The model mounts to its display stand to showcase the model as it would appear in flight.
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The Dragon Models "Aerospace Program" range presents detailed, ready-made plastic models of spacecraft and launch vehicles.
Dragon Models "Aerospace Program" display model spacecraft feature:
- Molded plastic construction.
- Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details.
- Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals.
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