I photographed this Mercury Atlas rocket at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Note the Launch Escape System (LES) Rocket above the capsule, that would fire and propel the crew to safety in the case of catastrophic emergency.
I photographed this Mercury Atlas rocket at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Note the Launch Escape System (LES) Rocket above the capsule, that would fire and propel the crew to safety in the case of catastrophic emergency.