NASA · Testing
—Air Power Park Tour —
This is a test capsule of America's first manned spacecraft for Project Mercury. Engineer's had to devise a vehicle that would protect the human being from the temperature extremes, vacuum, the newly discovered radiation of space and high-speed reentry through the atmosphere. The best vehicle for these requirements was a wingless "capsule" designed for a ballistic reentry, with an ablative heat shield that burned off as Mercury returned to Earth.| HM Number | HM1YMX |
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| Placed By | Air Power Park |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 at 9:02am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 378449 N 4100562 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 37.04341667, -76.36685000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 37° 2.605', W 76° 22.011' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 37° 2' 36.3" N, 76° 22' 0.66" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 757 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling East |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 401-451 US-258, Hampton VA 23666, US |
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