Mercury- Redstone I
HORIZON
By Andy McCabe
Kit No: 2004
Scale: 1/72
Type: Injection Moulded Plastic
Manufacturer: Horizon Models www.horizon-models.com
The Mercury-Redstone made history on 5th May 1961 when it propelled Astronaut Alan B. Shepard into space, the first American to do so, whilst strapped into the capsule mounted atop of the Redstone Booster MRLV. This short venture into space lasted a mere five minutes of weightlessness before it was time to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere and land back in the Atlantic Ocean. This feat was repeated some months later when Virgil Grissom was launched into space aboard Liberty Bell 7.