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| A newspaper headline from 1958. Many unmanned moon rockets exploded in the first tries. |
 
Here are some designs, difficulties and triumphs of the 1950's space race. The 1961 Mercury is part of the body of spacecraft designs that inspired Archigram's various capsule type structures.
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| A diagram of a spacecraft. published in 1961. The Mercury project was released in 1958 and underwent sever subsequent iterations. The project had two successful manned launches and several unmanned orbits. |
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| A newspaper headline from April 11, 1961 |