Mercury-Redstone

Immediately outside the building is a Redstone mocked up to be a Mercury-Redstone.

During one of our visits, I overheard a Boy Scout leader who had worked on the Redstone when it arrived at the MSSC. He said that they removed the engine so that a pole could be placed inside the missile to stabilize it, and that they added a section to elongate it to the Mercury-Redstone configuration.

As of now, I have not yet sorted through all of my pictures of the Mercury-Redstone, but some other page references this location. Thus, this is a "place holder" version right now, with only the pictures actually referenced. Come back some time later to see if I've finished up, or drop me an email to request me to prioritize the rest of these pictures.