Mercury Space Craft High Detail

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www.crosstechnic.com Mercury Space Craft Scale 1:62 High detail Based on the Haynes - Nasa Mercury book The Mercury spacecraft's was 10.8 feet (3.3 m) long and 6.0 feet (1.8 m) wide, the capsule was just large enough for a single crew member. The spacecraft was cone shaped, with a neck at the narrow end. It had a convex base, which carried a heat shield consisting of an aluminum honeycomb covered with multiple layers of fiberglass. Between the heat shield and inner wall of the crew compartment was a landing skirt, deployed by letting down the heat shield before landing. Strapped to the heatshield was a retropack consisting of three rockets deployed to brake the spacecraft during reentry. Between these were three minor rockets for separating the spacecraft from the launch vehicle at orbital insertion.The straps that held the package could be severed when it was no longer needed. The crew compartment was a pressurized cone where an astronaut would be strapped to a form-fitting seat with instruments in front of him and with his back to the heat shield. The recovery compartment at the narrow end of the spacecraft contained three parachutes: a drogue to stabilize free fall and two main chutes, a primary and reserve.On top of the recovery compartment was the antenna section containing both antennas for communication and scanners for guiding spacecraft orientation. Attached was a flap used to ensure the spacecraft was faced heat shield first during reentry.