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2. Launch escape system - Wikipedia

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   The idea of using a rocket to remove the capsule from a space vehicle was developed by Maxime Faget in 1958. [1] The system, using the tower on the top of the space capsule to house rockets, was first used on a test of the Project Mercury capsule in March 1959. Historically, LES were used on American Mercury and Apollo spacecraft.

3. Project Mercury - Wikipedia

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   A 55-foot-long (17 m) launch vehicle called Little Joe was used for uncrewed tests of the launch escape system, using a Mercury capsule with an escape tower mounted on it. [ 119 ] [ 120 ] Its main purpose was to test the system at max q , when aerodynamic forces against the spacecraft peaked, making separation of the launch vehicle and ...

4. Mercury-Redstone 4 - Wikipedia

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   The MR-4 spacecraft, Mercury capsule #11, was designated to fly the second crewed suborbital flight in October 1960. It came off McDonnell's St. Louis production line in May 1960. Capsule #11 was the first Mercury operational spacecraft with a centerline window instead of two portholes.

5. TEMPSC - Wikipedia

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   Although the original TEMPSC was a single hook capsule exclusively designed for use on offshore oil and gas platforms, the SOLAS 1983, chapter III [1] amendment forced all lifeboat manufacturers to change their open lifeboat designs to a TEMPSC. As a result, currently all TEMPCs (with one or two hooks) are commonly known as lifeboats or ...

6. Allison Holker details finding drugs hidden by late husband ...

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   Allison Holker shares that as she prepared for Stephen "tWitch" Boss funeral, she found drugs he hid in their house. He died by suicide in December 2022.

7. M44 (cyanide device) - Wikipedia

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   It is made from four parts: a capsule holder wrapped with cloth or other soft material, a small plastic capsule containing 0.88 grams of sodium cyanide, a spring-powered ejector, and a 5–7 inches (130–180 mm) stake. To install the trap, the stake is first driven down into the ground, and then the capsule is put in the holder, screwed onto ...