3-D (Shingle "7C"): 62.9 × 51.4 × 4.4cm (2 ft. 3/4 in. × 1 ft. 8 1/4 in. × 1 3/4 in.)
3-D (Shingle "1C"): 66 × 50.2 × 2.5cm (2 ft. 2 in. × 1 ft. 7 3/4 in. × 1 in.)
3-D (Shingle "1B"): 56.5 × 40 × 1.9cm (1 ft. 10 1/4 in. × 1 ft. 3 3/4 in. × 3/4 in.)
Type:
SPACECRAFT-Crewed-Parts & Structural Components
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Summary:
Mercury spacecraft 12 was originally delivered to Cape Canaveral as a backup for the MA-8 capsule (Sigma 7 flown by Walter Schirra). However, the capsule was returned to McDonnell and reconfigured for an extended 1-day Mercury mission. This reconfigured capsule, labeled 12B, was never assigned to a flight and thus was never re-delivered to the Cape or flown.
In 1967 NASA transferred Mercury 12B to the Smithsonian Institution.
Credit Line:
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
