Everything you never knew you wanted to know about the Mercury Project
Spacecraft 14
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Mission
LJ-5A redesignated spacecraft 14A and reused for LJ-5B
According to the This New Ocean (NASA), components of SCC 14 were used in fabricating the payload for the Mercury Scout test.
Spacecraft 14 Gallery
 Mating of Capsule 14 and LJ-5A |
Disposition
Displayed at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton, Virginia
[http://http://aesp.nasa.okstate.edu/fieldguide/pages/mercury/mc-14.html Entry in Jim Gerard's AFGAS]
See also
- Sven Knudson has a three picture "walkaround" of SC 14 on display in Hampton. [1]
Chronology
- 1 February 1961
- The February 1961 Edition of SEDR-104 is published presumably containing this Spacecraft.
- 20 January 1961
- Spacecraft 14 delivered to Wallops Island
- 18 March 1961
- LJ-5A launched
The capsule failed to separate from the Little Joe launch vehicle. After the failure of this launch spacecraft 14 was re-fitted and redesignated as spacecraft 14A
- 4 April 1961
- Spacecraft 14, now re-designated as Spacecraft 14A, re-delivered to Wallops Island
- 1 August 1961
- The August 1961 Edition of SEDR-104 is published presumably containing this Spacecraft.
