Everything you never knew you wanted to know about the Mercury Project
Spacecraft 5
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Mission
Spacecraft 5 flew on the MR-2 mission
Disposition
Displayed at the California Science Center, Los Angeles, California
[http://aesp.nasa.okstate.edu/fieldguide/pages/mercury/merc_mr-2.html Entry in Jim Gerard's AFGAS]
Details
Exterior
 Fig Ext-1 |
Fig Ext-1 shows Capsule 5 on museum display. This photo gives an insight into the spacecraft construction as many panels have been removed.
Interior
 Ham in his Primate Couch for MR-2 |
Instrument Panels
 Fig IP-1 Capsule 5 Main Instrument Panel |
 Fig IP-2 Capsule 5 Left Console |
 Fig IP-3 Capsule 5 Right Console |
The latest edition of SEDR-104 to which I have access which covers this capsule is the December 1959 Edition of SEDR-104. Unless updated in either 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 instrument panels of this capsule.
Recovery Compartment
 Capsule 5 recovery compartment in Hangar S |
Chronology
- 15 December 1959
- The December 1959 Edition of SEDR-104 is published containing spacecraft 5 as a test capsule
- 30 September 1960
- Spacecraft 5 delivered to the Marshall Space Flight Center for booster compatibility checks
- October 11 1960
- Spacecraft 5 shipped to Cape Canaveral
- 31 January 1961
- MR-2 Launched.
- 1 February 1961
- The February 1961 Edition of SEDR-104 is published presumably containing Spacecraft 5.
- 28 June 1961
- Spacecraft 5 in seaworthiness test conducted 65 miles east of Wallops Island.
- 1 August 1961
- The August 1961 Edition of SEDR-104 is published presumably containing spacecraft 5.
