Everything you never knew you wanted to know about the Mercury Project
Spacecraft 14A
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| Production Mercury Spacecraft | ||
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| 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 | ||
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Mission
After the failed LJ-5A mission spacecraft 14 was redesignated spacecraft 14A and reused for LJ-5B
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Spacecraft 14A Gallery
 Mating of SC #14A with LJ-5B launch vehicle |
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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]
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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
