Part way through Alan Shepard Mercury-Redstone flight, the tail section, including the engine casing with 4 attached fins and air rudders, is jettisoned and falls away in a similar way to the interstage of the Saturn V. During actual Mercury-Redstone flights, the entire body of the launch vehicle remained in one segment through separation all the way through reentry where it burned up.
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05/03/2025 alle ore 09:10