NASA Mercury Space Capsule

When I had my first "up close and personal" encounter with the Mercury space capsule, that took the first American into space, I was overwhelmed by a range of emotions. I could not imagine until that moment (still can't) what it must have been like. I developed a greater respect for those that have "gone where no man has gone before" What courage? And talk about cramped for space. Imagine taking a Volkswagen beetle, scrunching it down to about 1/4th its size, stuffing a human being into it, and then rocketing that tiny vehicle into space. The entire experience at Kennedy Space Center was a great one.
Mercury Space Capsule