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Restored Atlas rocket erected on display as Mercury astronaut’s ride to orbit

Sixty-one years after it stood ready to send NASA’s last one-man mission into orbit, the Mercury-Atlas 9 rocket is standing again. A replica is on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force.

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