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Project Mercury: A Chronology – Appendix 1

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction

Part I: Major Events leading to Project Mercury

March 1944 through December 1957
January 1958 through October 1, 1958

Part II: Research and Development Phase of Project Mercury

October 3, 1958 through December 1959
January 1960 through May 5, 1961

Part III: Operational Phase of Project Mercury

May 5, 1961 through May 1962
June 1962 through June 12, 1963

Appendices

Project Mercury History
Project Mercury Test Objectives
Project Mercury Flight Data Summary
Launch Site Summary, Cape Canaveral and Wallops Island
Project Mercury Budget Summary
Location of Mercury Spacecraft and Exhibit Schedule
Launch Vehicle Deliveries to Cape Canaveral
Key Management Progression Involving Project Mercury
Contractors and Subcontractors Supporting Project Mercury
Government Agencies Supporting Project Mercury

APPENDIX 1 - PROJECT MERCURY HISTORY

developmental chart of significant events in the Mercury Project