heroicrelics.org
Return to St. Louis Science Center

Mercury Heatshield Samples (Pre-Renovation)

During my 2012 visit, there was a display case with a variety of Mercury spacecraft heatshield samples. At the time there was no signage to indicate whether they were flown pieces or if they were engineering samples exposed to heating, but by 2018 a sign was added indicating that they were taken, post-flight, from the heatshield of MA-7 (Aurora 7).

I also photographed these heatshield samples during my 2018 trip, after the museum renovated this exhibit.

 
dsc86214.jpg at St. Louis Science Center
dsc86214.jpg
dsc86220.jpg at St. Louis Science Center
dsc86220.jpg
dsc86225.jpg at St. Louis Science Center
dsc86225.jpg
dsc86218.jpg at St. Louis Science Center
dsc86218.jpg
dsc86226.jpg at St. Louis Science Center
dsc86226.jpg
dsc86217.jpg at St. Louis Science Center
dsc86217.jpg
dsc86227.jpg at St. Louis Science Center
dsc86227.jpg
dsc86216.jpg at St. Louis Science Center
dsc86216.jpg
dsc86229.jpg at St. Louis Science Center
dsc86229.jpg
dsc86230.jpg at St. Louis Science Center
dsc86230.jpg
dsc86231.jpg at St. Louis Science Center
dsc86231.jpg
 
Return to St. Louis Science Center