View of a reconstructed Mercury-Atlas 1 spacecraft. The Atlas rocket exploded 58 seconds after launch on July 29 , 1960 and the debris was recovered from offshore.(NASA)

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• View of a reconstructed Mercury-Atlas 1 spacecraft. The Atlas rocket exploded 58 seconds after launch on July 29, 1960 and the debris was recovered from offshore.(NASA) (Mercury-Atlas 1)