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Mercury spacecraft numbers
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Spacecraft (or Capsule) Numbers were assigned to each capsule produced.
- Spacecraft 1
- Used for BA-1
- Spacecraft 2
- Payload for MR-1 it was then recovered and became
- Spacecraft 2A
- Payload for MR-1A
- Spacecraft 3
- Payload for LJ-5
- Spacecraft 4
- Payload for MA-1, destroyed
- Spacecraft 5
- Payload for MR-2 carried Ham
- Spacecraft 6
- Payload for MA-2
- Spacecraft 7
- Payload for MR-3 aka Freedom 7 carried Alan Shepard
- Spacecraft 8
- Payload for MA-3 recovered when the booster blew-up and became
- Spacecraft 8A
- Payload for MA-4
- Spacecraft 9
- Payload for MA-5 carried Enos then redesignated
- Spacecraft 9A
- Assigned to Project Orbit
- Spacecraft 10
- Was a ground test capsule whose configuration changed throughout the program
- Spacecraft 11
- Payload for MR-4 aka Liberty Bell 7 carried Gus Grissom
- Spacecraft 12
- Intended for 18-hour mission, not flown.
- Spacecraft 13
- Payload for MA-6 aka Friendship 7 carried John Glenn
- Spacecraft 14
- Payload for LJ-5A Max Q test objectives not achieved - then became
- Spacecraft 14A
- Payload for LJ-5B
- Spacecraft 15
- Modified to 15A and then 15B
- Spacecraft 15A
- First Modification for MA-10
- Spacecraft 15B
- Second Modification for MA-10
- Spacecraft 16
- Payload for MA-8 aka Sigma 7 carried Wally Schirra
- Spacecraft 17
- Intended for 18-hour mission, not flown
- Spacecraft 18
- Payload for MA-7 aka Aurora 7 carried Scott Carpenter
- Spacecraft 19
- Became spare parts source
- Spacecraft 20
- Payload for MA-9 aka Faith 7 carried Gordon Cooper
