Comparing The Rocket And The Mercury-Atlas Rocket

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In addition to the space capsule the rockets used for Project Mercury where also equally impressive. For Project Mercury there were two different types of rockets used to support this program the Mercury-Redstone rocket and the Mercury-Atlas Rocket. The Mercury-Redstone rocket was originally from the Army Redstone and Jupiter-C missile’s and was modified to meet project objectives. The modifications included increased fuel tanks, newly designed engine, new instrument compartment in the upper section, a control system, an abort system, and new instrumentation to relay information on the performance of the rocket. The Mercury-Redstone rocket ended up being almost twenty foot taller than the original because of the modifications to the fuel