Mechanical Astronaut

Mercury Mechanical Astronaut Simulator Phantom cosmonaut. .

Personal: Male. Dummy cosmonaut, completed one orbit of the earth.

Astronaut Career

The project 'Mechanical Astronaut Simulator' flew twice (The Mercury-MA 3 launch abort on 25 April 1961 and one orbit of the earth aboard Mercury MA-4 on 13 September 1961). The simulator was an electronic mannequin that could 'inhale' and 'exhale' man-like quantities of gas, heat, and water vapour.

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