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 3 flew on LJ-5

Disposition

Destroyed at Launch

Details

Some of the changes between Capsule 5 and the contemporaneous specification capsule were called out in

• The landing-bag system was not incorporated
• The attitude stabilization and control system was not fully operational, but was installed and used water to simulate the control system fuel
• Certain components of the communications system not essential to the mission were omitted

Instrument Panel

Fig IP-1 Main Instrument Panel of Capsule 3

Fig IP-2 Left Console of Capsule 3

Fig IP-3 Right Console of Capsules 3

Pending any new information in the February 1961 Edition of SEDR-104 or the August 1961 Edition of SEDR-104, Figs IP-1, IP-2, and IP-3 represent the SEDR-104 diagrams for the main instrument panel, and the left and right consoles of capsule 3.

Chronology

15 December 1959 

The December 1959 Edition of SEDR-104 is published containing this Spacecraft as a test capsule

29 July 1960 

Spacecraft 3 delivered to Langley Field for a noise and vibration test.

27 September 1960 

Spacecraft 3 Erected at the Wallops Island launch site for the Little Joe 5 (LJ-5) mission.

8 November 1960 

LJ-5 Launched

1 February 1961 

The February 1961 Edition of SEDR-104 is published presumably containing this Spacecraft.

1 August 1961 

The August 1961 Edition of SEDR-104 is published presumably containing this Spacecraft.