APPENDIX 10 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
SUPPORTING PROJECT MERCURY

Headquarters, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C.
General manager of national space program.
Manned Spacecraft Center (formerly Space Task Group), Houston, Texas
Project manager for manned space flight program.
Langley Research Center, Langley Field, Virginia
Wind tunnel aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, stability and control, vibration and flutter, loads, structures, materials, arc-jet, reentry body, and planning and contracting for Mercury instrumentation facilities.
Launch Operations Division (Later Launch Operations Center), Cape Canaveral, Florida
Launch vehicle manager for Mercury-Redstone.
Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Flight propulsion, engine testing, stabilization and control system for spacecraft.
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Basic and applied research on aeronautical and space problems, atmosphere reentry forms and high-speed aerodynamic research.
Marshall Space Flight Center (formerly Development Operations Division of ABMA), Huntsville, Alabama
Spacecraft launch vehicle development and reliability, and trajectory studies for Mercury-Redstone.
Wallops Station, Wallops Island, Virginia
Little Joe flight test for Mercury spacecraft and launch test of Mercury model spacecraft.
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Coordinated all tracking and processed all tracking data for Mercury-Redstone and Mercury-Atlas flights.
Flight Research CenterEdwards, California
High-speed flight research and drogue parachute tests.
Department of Defense, Washington, D.C.
Launch and recovery operations.
Weather Bureau of the Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
Weather coverage and studies.
U.S. Navy, Norfolk, Virginia
Recovery operations.
Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tullahoma, Tennessee
High-speed wind tunnel tests.
Air Force Systems Command, Space Systems Division, Inglewood, California
Project manager for Atlas launch vehicle.
Army Missile Command, Huntsville, Alabama
Project manager for the Redstone launch vehicle.
Aviation Medical Acceleration LaboratoryJohnsville, Pennsylvania
Astronaut centrifuge training and spacecraft couch and restraint harness testing.
El Centro Naval Parachute Test Facility, El Centro, California
Parachute drop test program.
Wright Air Development Center, Dayton, Ohio
Acceleration tests, noise and vibration study support, astronaut medical examinations, and pressure suit indoctrination.
Aero Medical Field Laboratory, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico
Furnished and trained primates for the Mercury animal program.
U.S. Air Force Survival School, Stead Air Force Base, Reno, Nevada
Astronaut desert survival training.
Aerospace Medical Division, San Antonio, Texas
Cooperation in bioscience experiments in the Little Joe flights.
China Lake Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California
Fairing-adapter sled tests.
Pensacola Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida
Astronaut egress training and swimmer training in support of Mercury spacecraft recovery operations, and flotation collar fabrication.
Elgin Air Force Base, Pensacola, Florida
Astronaut survival training.
Air Force Chart and Information Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Worldwide Mercury tracking network maps.
U.S. Army, Fort Eustis, Newport News, Virginia
Supplied Larc vehicle for recovery.
Public Health Service, Washington, D.C.
Supplied medical monitor personnel.
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina
Recovery helicopters.
Military Air Transport Service, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
Air transportation.
White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, New Mexico
Tracking facilities.
Pacific Missile Range, Point Mugu, California
Tracking facilities.
Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas
Tracking facilities.
Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Government-to-government negotiations for overseas sites in Mercury worldwide tracking network.
Navy Daingerfield Test Facility, Daingerfield, California
Spacecraft afterbody shingle heat resistance and dynamic pressure test.
Navy Aircrew Equipment Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Reentry-heat-pulse orientation for the astronauts and environmental systems training.
U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California
Assistance to NASA Flight Research Center in parachute drop tests and reefing parameters.
Army Audit Office, Pasadena, California
Audit services.
District Coast Guard, San Francisco, California
Support services for project.
Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
Airlift services and data reduction.
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
Animal test program.
U.S. Navy Comptroller, Washington, D.C.
Materiel inspection services.
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, Washington, D.C.
Command receiver equipment and installation, planned recovery, contingency recovery, and modification of destroyer davits for spacecraft recovery.
U.S. Navy Bureau of Weapons, Washington, D.C.
Consultation, planned recovery, and recovery operations.
U.S. Navy Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
Consultive services.
U.S. Navy Weapons Plant, Washington, D.C.
Packaging of hardware.
U.S. Marine Corps Air Facility, Jacksonville, Florida
Pilot test facility.
Air Rescue Service, Military Air Transport Service, Orlando, Florida
Recovery operation support.
U.S. Navy Bureau of Weapons, Pensacola, Florida
Fabrication of auxiliary flotation collar for Mercury spacecraft.
U.S. Navy School of Aviation Medicine, Pensacola, Florida
Radiation monitoring for Mercury flights.
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida
Spacecraft test flotation collar.
U.S. European Command, Paris, France
Contingency recovery.
U.S. Army, Europe, Heidelberg, Germany and Weisbaden, Germany
Contingency recovery.
U.S. Air Forces, Europe, Weisbaden, Germany
Contingency recovery.
U.S. Air Force Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii
Contingency recovery and photographic services.
U.S. Air Force Communications Service, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
Communication services during recovery.
U.S. Navy Bureau of Weapons, St. Louis, Missouri
Issued Government bill of lading for Contract NAS 5-59, Mercury spacecraft, also contracting support, etc.
U.S. Army Audit Agency, New York, New York
Audit services.
U.S. Navy Laboratory, Dalgren, Virginia
Cartridges for Mercury antenna.
Air Weather Service, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
Weather surveillance flights preceding Mercury manned orbital mission.
Tactical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
C-130 aircraft for spacecraft test drops and photographic coverage.
U.S. Army Research and Engineering Laboratory, Natick, Massachusetts
Preliminary studies of calorie and water requirements for astronauts during orbital flight.
U.S. Air Force Surgeon General's Office, Washington, D.C.
Compilation of medical monitors' training program.