Everything you never knew you wanted to know about the Mercury Project

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Production Mercury Spacecraft
Flown Spacecraft
SC 1		9 May 1960
SC 4		29 Jul 1960
SC 3		8 Nov 1960
SC 2		21 Nov 1960
SC 2A		19 Dec 1960
SC 5		31 Jan 1961
SC 6		21 Feb 1961
SC 14		18 Mar 1961
SC 8		25 Apr 1961
SC 14A		28 Apr 1961
SC 7		5 May 1961
SC 11		21 Jul 1961
SC 8A		12 Sep 1961
SC 9		29 Nov 1961
SC 13		20 Feb 1962
SC 18		24 May 1962
SC 16		3 Oct 1962
SC 20		15-16 May 1962
Unflown Spacecraft
SC 10 SC 12
SC 15 SC 15A
SC 15B SC 17
SC 19

Mission

Spacecraft 1 was used for the BA-1 "Beach Abort" test.

Disposition

Displayed at the New York Hall of Science, Queens, New York

[http://aesp.nasa.okstate.edu/fieldguide/pages/mercury/ba.html Entry in Jim Gerard's AFGAS]

Chronology

12 April 1960 

First production model of McDonnell-built Mercury capsule was delivered to NASA

09 May 1960 

First production model of Project Mercury spacecraft was successfully launched from NASA Wallops Station to test escape, landing, and recovery systems. Known as the "beach abort" shot, the Mercury capsule reached 775 m before parachute landing and pickup by Marine helicopter returned it to Wallops' hangar 17 minutes after launch.

14 May 1960 

The first production Mercury spacecraft, used in the beach-abort test, was returned to the McDonnell plant for an integrity test.