ONE-THIRD scale models of Mercury capsule, left, at Langley, are fired to 1,000 ft. to test effect of escape nozzle cant on capsule's stability. Right, full-scale boiler-plate model is fired to 2,250 ft. at Wallops Island in escape system test.
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