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

MA-6 which was also known as Friendship 7

Disposition

Displayed at the National Air and Space Museum

[http://aesp.nasa.okstate.edu/fieldguide/pages/mercury/ma-6.html Entry in Jim Gerard's AFGAS]

Details

Interior Details

Instrument Panel

Fig SC13-IP1 Main IP

Exterior Details

Chronology

27 August 1961 

Spacecraft 13 Shipped to Cape Canaveral

1 November 1961 

The November 1961 Edition of SEDR-104 is published containing spacecraft 13 as a test capsule

1 February 1962 

The February 1962 Edition of SEDR-104 is published containing spacecraft 13 as a test capsule.

20 February 1962 

MA-6 Launched

19 April 1962 

Spacecraft 13 goes on world tour

6 August 1962 

Friendship 7 spacecraft placed on display at the Century 21 Exposition in Seattle, Washington

20 February 1963 

Friendship 7 spacecraft presented to the Smithsonian Institution.