Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Radioplane Div., Northrop Corporation
- Summary
- This is a Mercury drogue parachute such as was used on the United States’ first human spacecraft. Manufactured by Radioplane Division of Northrop-Ventura in 1962, it is made largely of nylon and is 2 m (6 ft) in diameter when fully deployed. The drogue parachute deployed to stabilize the spacecraft before the deployment of the main parachute, which lowered the capsule into the water.
- The NASA Manned Spacecraft Center transferred this artifact to the Smithsonian.
- Credit Line
- Transferred by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19731085000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Parachutes
- Materials
- Synthetic Fabric, nylon, rubber, Natural Fabric
- Dimensions
- Approximate (as photographed): 7.62 x 182.88 x 190.5cm (3in. x 6ft x 6ft 3in.);
- 24in. between shrouds; 6 ft. diameter open
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19731085000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9229f00a1-976d-4837-a03a-8a47333be5b6
