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94K views · 1.8K reactions | BepiColombo spacecraft performing a close Mercury flyby! #fblifestyle | Space Xplore | Facebook

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MR-1: The Four-Inch Flight 65 years ago today, the first attempt to launch a Mercury capsule on a Redstone rocket (MR-1) took place. Unfortunately, a fault in the ground equipment caused the engines to shut down shortly after firing, lifting the vehicle four inches off the ground before it settled back down on the launch pad. The capsule's escape rocket was activated, causing it to jettison itself and triggering the spacecraft's parachutes to deploy. NASA launched its first astronaut to space ab

Say hi to “Mercury”! I’m a photographer. All my models are rescues from sanctuaries in Georgia. And I use landscapes as a metaphor for freedom and base the type of landscape on what they’ve gone through, then I put the 2 together by hand #photography #horsephotography #horsephotographer #horseart | Ashley Lynn Fotos

BepiColombo spacecraft performing a close Mercury flyby! | Space Xplore

80K views · 1.6K reactions | Planet Mercury - our closest-ever flyby, done this month by ESA/JAXA spacecraft BepiColombo. Just 100 mi/165 km above the scarred surface, so close to the Sun. info: https://tinyurl.com/j7ezsevy | Col. Chris Hadfield | Facebook