APPENDIX 6 - LOCATION OF MERCURY SPACECRAFT
AND EXHIBIT SCHEDULE
[July 1963]
| Spacecraft No. 1 - beach abort and sled test (present status - display at MSC Public Affairs Office) |
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| August 9-18, 1963 - | Springfield, Illinois — Illinois State Fair |
| September 9-14, 1963 - | Abilene, Texas — West Texas State Fair |
| October 3-4, 1963 - | Memphis, Tennessee — Education Workshop |
| November 1963 - | Available for exhibit scheduling or release to the U.S. Air Force Museum, Washington, D.C. |
| Spacecraft No. 2 - MR-1 ballistic, unmanned and RCS test bed (present status - display at MSC Public Affairs Office) |
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| August 1-5, 1963 - | Kansas City, Missouri — U.S. Air Force Industrial Propulsion, Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri |
| August 17-18, 1963 - | Kalamazoo, Michigan — Air Show |
| August 20-24, 1963 - | Champaign, Illinois — National Aero Scout Conference, University of Illinois |
| August 31- September 3, 1963 - | Dallas, Texas — Dallas Civil Air Patrol |
| September 16-21, 1963 - | Texarkana, Texas — Four State Fair and Rodeo |
| October 5-10, 1963 - | Houston, Texas — International Association of Chiefs of Police |
| October 15, 1963 - | Available for exhibit scheduling or release to Goddard Museum, New Mexico |
| Spacecraft No. 3 - Little Joe 5 (lost on launch) | |
| Spacecraft No. 4 - MA-1 ballistic, unmanned (lost on launch) | |
| Spacecraft No. 5 - MR-2 ballistic, primate and net couch qualification (present status - MSC-Hanger 135 - being refurbished after couch program) |
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| September 1963 - | Release to Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, for display |
| Spacecraft No. 6 - MA-2 ballistic, unmanned (present status - permanent item at Houston, Texas, World Trade Center) |
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| Spacecraft No. 7 - MR-3 ballistic, manned (Shepard) (present status - display at Smithsonian Institution) |
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| Spacecraft No. 8 - MA-3, MA-4 orbital, unmanned (present status - storage at MSC) |
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| October 5-20, 1963 - | Dallas, Texas — Texas State Fair |
| October 28-30, 1963 - | Chicago, Illinois — National Electronics Conference |
| November 1963- July 1964 - | Houston and Texas special school tour |
| September 10-14, 1964 - | Abilene, Texas — West Texas State Fair |
| September 17-22, 1964 - | Waco, Texas — Heart of Texas Fair |
| Spacecraft No. 9 - MA-5 orbital, primate and project orbit (present status - testing at MSC); available for display upon completion of testing |
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| Spacecraft No. 10 - Project orbit and R&D test bed (not flown) (present status - testing at MSC); available for display upon completion of testing |
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| Spacecraft No. 11 - MR-4 ballistic, manned (Grissom) (lost on recovery) |
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| Spacecraft No. 12 - MA-6 backup and manned 1-day mission (present status - storage at MSC); available for exhibit scheduling by NASA Headquarters |
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| Spacecraft No. 13 - MA-6 orbital, manned (Glenn) (present status - display at Smithsonian Institute) |
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| Spacecraft No. 14 - Little Joe 5B maximum dynamic pressure abort and parachute qualification tests (present status - storage at MSC); release to Langley Research Center |
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| Spacecraft No. 15 - Manned 1-day mission (not flown) (present status - storage at Cape Canaveral); available for exhibit scheduling by NASA Headquarters |
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| Spacecraft No. 16 - MA-8 orbital, manned (Schirra) (present status - United States Information Agency tour of France) |
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| August - September 1963 - | Athens, Greece — World Scout Jamboree — Foreign Tour |
| October 1963 - | Orlando, Florida — Space Science Achievements |
| November 1963 - | Amsterdam, Holland — Amsterdam Exposition |
| December 1963- April 1964 - | World Tour |
| May 1964 - | Boston, Massachusetts — Peaceful Uses of Space Conference |
| Spacecraft No. 17 - Manned 1-day mission (not flown) (present status - storage at MSC); available for exhibit scheduling by NASA Headquarters |
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| Spacecraft No. 18 - MA-7 orbital, manned (Carpenter) (present status - display at NASA Headquarters) |
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| August 10-14, 1963 - | Houston, Texas — American Municipal Association |
| August 21-24, 1963 - | Boulder, Colorado |
| September 20-29, 1963 - | Houston, Texas — Houston International Trade and Travel Fair |
| October 23- November 2, 1963 - | Jacksonville, Florida — Agriculture and Industrial Fair |
| November 21-23, 1963 - | Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Aerospace Education Workshop |
| December 1963- April 1964 - | Available for exhibit scheduling by NASA Headquarters |
| May 1964 - | International Science Fair (location unknown at this time) |
| June 1964- June 1965 - | United States Tour |
| July 1965 - | Release to Cape Canaveral |
| Spacecraft No. 19 - MA-8 backup (not flown) (present status - storage at MSC); available for display |
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| Spacecraft No. 20 - MA-9 orbital, manned (Cooper) (present status - display at NASA Headquarters) |
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| September 21-29, 1963 - | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — Oklahoma State Fair |
| September 30- October 2, 1963 - | Houston, Texas — Mercury Report Conference |
| October 3, 1963 - | Available for 50-State capitol tour |
| Big Joe Boilerplate - Big Joe ballistic unmanned (present status - display at MSC-PAO) |
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| October 1-5, 1963 - | Waco, Texas — Heart of Texas Fair |
| October 10, 1963- June 1965 - | Retained by MSC for Houston and Texas exhibits |
| SUGGESTED FINAL DISPOSITION OF MANNED MERCURY SPACECRAFT | |
| Spacecraft No. 16 - MA-8 - orbital, manned (Schirra); after July 1965 - Undetermined | |
| Spacecraft No. 18 - MA-7 - orbital, manned (Carpenter); after July 1965 - Cape Canaveral | |
| Spacecraft No. 20 - MA-9 - orbital, manned (Cooper); after July 1965 - Houston, Texas, for permanent installation at MSC | |
| SUGGESTED FINAL DISPOSITION OF UNMANNED MERCURY SPACECRAFT | |
| Spacecraft No. 1 or No. 2 - after January 1964 - Goddard Museum in New Mexico | |
| Spacecraft No. 1 or No. 2 - after January 1964 - U.S. Air Force Museum, Washington, D.C. | |
| Spacecraft No. 5 - MR-2 - ballistic, primate and net couch qualification - immediate release to Marshall Space Flight Center | |
| Spacecraft No. 14 - Little Joe 5B maximum dynamic pressure and parachute qualification tests - immediate release to Langley Research Center | |