Everything you never knew you wanted to know about the Mercury Project
Spacecraft 6
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Mission
Flight Order
The previous production capsule flown was spacecraft 5. The next production capsule to fly was spacecraft 14.
Disposition
Displayed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science Houston, TX.
[http://aesp.nasa.okstate.edu/fieldguide/pages/mercury/MA-2.html Entry in Jim Gerard's AFGAS]
Chronology
- 01 September 1960
- Delivered to Cape Canaveral for the Mercury-Atlas 2 (MA-2) unmanned mission intended to gain data on maximum dynamic pressure and maximum heat on the spacecraft afterbody.
- 1 February 1961
- The February 1961 edition of SEDR-104 is published presumably containing this Spacecraft.
- 21 February 1961
- MA-2 launched from Cape Canaveral.
- 02 March 1961
- MA-2 flight showed low spacecraft afterbody temperatures.
- 1 August 1961
- The August 1961 edition of SEDR-104 is published presumably containing this Spacecraft.
