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2016-02-21 07:02 pm

[Feb. 21, 1961] Trading up (Mercury Atlas 2, Discoverer 21)

With all of the talk about Mercury capsules on Redstone rockets, it's easy to forget that the main mission to get a person into orbit--and you just can't do that without a bigger booster.

It appears that bigger booster, in the form of the Atlas ICBM, is ready to roll.



(see the rest at Galactic Journey!)