Everything you never knew you wanted to know about the Mercury Project

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February 1 1961 

The February 1961 edition of SEDR-104 is published presumably containing Capsule 2, Capsule 3,Capsule 4,Capsule 5, Capsule 6, Capsule 7, Capsule 11. and Capsule 14

February 1 1961 

Instruction was provided to the astronauts to develop techniques and procedures for using the personal parachute as an additional safety feature in the Mercury program. This parachute was only used during the MR-3 mission

February 17 1961 

The Space Task Group requested that McDonnell design and install a manual bilge pump in Capsule 7 to allow the removal of any seawater resulting from leakage after spacecraft impact.

1 February 1962 

The February 1962 edition of SEDR-104 is published covering Capsule 19 as a specification capsule, Capsule 8, Capsule 9, Capsule 13, Capsule 16, Capsule 18 as test capsules