CAPTION: MERCURY LANDING VEHICLE--Resembling a giant coolie hat, this is the artist's concept of the Mercury space vehicle designed to soft land a scientific payload on the hot-cold planet nearest the sun. Engineers of General Electric's re-entry systems department presented the concept during the annual American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics at San Francisco today..
Photo is dated 7/28/1965 and measures 6.25 x 9.5 inches.
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