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MERCURY

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This New Ocean. A History of Project Mercury Alternate Source

Chronology of Project Mercury

Invitation to Apply as Research-Astronaut-Candidate

Sample Questions from Project Mercury Tests

Press Conference of Mercury Astronaut Team

Project Mercury: A Description of the Astronaut’s Task

Pressure Suits for Project Mercury Astronauts News Release

PROJECT MERCURY MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT NO. 11, 1-30 JUN. 1960

Project Mercury Status Report January 1, 1961

Project Mercury Status Report October 31, 1961

Project Mercury Status Report April 30, 1962

Project Mercury Status Report July 31, 1963

Mercury Tracking Sites(Will open to a html page) Alternate Source

NASA Factsheet NASA Langley's Role in Project Mercury FS-1996-04-29-LaRCM

Design study of a meteoroid experiment using an unmanned Mercury spacecraft

Comparison of Free-Flight Measurements of Stability of the Gemini and Mercury Entry Capsules at Mach numbers 3 and 9.5

Space Medicine in Project Mercury

Effects of weightlessness on man during U. S. suborbital and orbital flights

REVIEW OF LESSONS LEARNED IN THE MERCURY PROGRAM RELATIVE TO SPACECRAFT DESIGN AND OPERATIONS

Gemini: Mercury Experience Applied

Data Handling Techniques in Project Mercury

PROJECT MERCURY- REPORT ON OBSERVATIONS OF THE MERCURY GROUND NETWORK DURING THE MNTV-1 NETWORK EXERCISES OF JULY 25-31, 1961

PROJECT MERCURY - REPORT ON OBSERVATIONS OF THE MERCURY GROUND RANGE DURING MERCURY-ATLAS /MA-4/ MISSION, SEPTEMBER 11-13, 1961

SWITCH UNIT MERCURY CONTROL CENTER

Physiological Sensors for Use in Project Mercury

Deduction of reentry plasma properties about manned orbital spacecraft from radio signal attenuation data

Reliability Model and Analysis for Project Mercury 3-Orbit Manned and Unmanned Mission

PROJECT MERCURY- REPORT ON OBSERVATIONS OF THE MERCURY GROUND NETWORK DURING THE MNTV-1 NETWORK EXERCISES OF JULY 25-31, 1961

Results of the Project Mercury Ballistic and Orbital Chimpanzee Flights

Project Mercury. External System Programs

Effects of Weightlessness on Man during U. S. Suborbital and Orbital Flights

Physiological Sensors for use in Project Mercury

IN-FLIGHT NOISE MEASUREMENTS FOR THREE PROJECT MERCURY VEHICLES. MERCURY VEHICLES

C-BAND RADAR-BEACON TRACKING FOR PROJECT MERCURY

PREDICTION OF MAN'S VISION IN AND FROM THE MERCURY CAPSULE

Acquisition System, White Sands, New Mexico. Operation and Maintenance

Acquisition System, Eglin, Florida. Operation and Maintenance

Bermuda Moniter Programs

Program System Operation

Postflight reporter program

Acquisition System Atlantic Ship, Indian Ocean Ship. Operation and Maintenance

Goddard Monitor Programs

Acquisition System Point Arguello. Operation and Maintenance

Launch Monitor Subsystem

Program System Standards

Scientific Objectives for Mercury Missions Digest Report

Manned Satellite Projects Ground Communication Reliability Report for Project Mercury

Mercury Capsule

NEWSpace capsule Patent-Max Faget's Mercury Patent

Mercury Familiarization Manual Dec 15 1959

Project Mercury Familiarization Manual Nov 1, 1961

Mercury Familiarization Manual May 1962(Will open to a html page)

Mercury Familiarization Manual Dec 20 1962 (Will open to a html page)

Mercury Maintenance Manual 1959(Will open to a html page)

Mercury manned orbital capsule detail specification Aug 25 1960

Mercury Life Support Systems

In-flight Noise in Project Mercury Vehicles

Technical History of the Environmental Control System for Project Mercury

The Development and Qualification Testing of a Lightweight Net Couch and Restraint System for use in the Mercury spacecraft

HEAT-SHIELD PERFORMANCE DURING ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY OF PROJECT MERCURY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT VEHICLE

Pressure and Heat-Transfer Measurements on a Mercury Capsule Model

In-Flight Noise in Project Mercury Vehicles

Transonic Dynamic Stability Characteristics of Several Models of Project Mercury Capsule Configurations

Measurements of the surface flows, heat transfer, pressure distribution, and longitudinal stability of a Mercury capsule model at Mach numbers of 6.9 and 9.6

Noise Considerations for Manned Reentry Vehicles

WIND-TUNNEL INVESTIGATION AT MACH NUMBERS FROM 3.0 TO 6.8 OF THE STATIC AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF MODIFIED MERCURY EXIT AND ESCAPE CAPSULE CONFIGURATIONS

Mercury Manned Orbital Capsule Detail Specification Aug 1960

Mercury capsule at subsonic speed with and without drogue parachute - dynamic model tests

PREDICTION OF MAN'S VISION IN AND FROM THE MERCURY CAPSULE

Capsule Communications System. Operation and Maintenance Vol 1

Capsule Communications System. Operation and Maintenance Vol 2

Entry Performance of the Mercury Spacecraft Heat Shield

Mercury-Little Joe/Big Joe

Project Mercury Preliminary Flight Test Results of the Big Joe, Mercury R and D Capsule

Performance characteristics of the Little Joe launch vehicle

Mercury capsule no. 14, configuration specification (Mercury-Little Joe No. 5(A)

Full-scale flight test from sea level of abort- escape system for manned Mercury capsule

Flight test of a Little Joe boosted full- scale spacecraft model and escape system for Project Mercury

Mercury-Redstone

The Mercury-Redstone Project

Mercury-Atlas

Mercury Atlas Test Objective

Mercury Atlas Booster Reliability Workshop July 12, 1963

Pilot Safety Program for Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle

Progress report Atlas Booster program for NASA Project Mercury, 1-31 August 1961

MR-1

Mercury Capsule Number 2 Configuration Specification (Mercury-Redstone no. 1)

MR-2

Actual trajectory of Mercury-Redstone flight test MR-2

MR-BD

Preliminary evaluation of Mercury-Redstone launch MR-BD

MR-3 Freedom 7

Post Launch Report for Mercury-Redstone No. 3 (MR-3)

Flight Transcript

Mercury Capsule 7 Flight Operations Manual(Will open to a html page)

Mercury-Redstone 3 News Release(Will open to a html page)

CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL RESULTS OF THE FIRST US MANNED SUBORBITAL SPACE FLIGHT

MR-4 Liberty Bell 7

Results of the Second Manned US Orbital Flight

Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Evaluation and Nondestructive Testing

Actual trajectory of Mercury-Redstone flight test MR-4

MA-4 Post Flight News Conference

MA-1 (Unmanned)

POSTLAUNCH REPORT FOR MERCURY-ATLAS NO. 1

MA-4

PROJECT MERCURY - REPORT ON OBSERVATIONS OF THE MERCURY GROUND RANGE DURING MERCURY-ATLAS /MA-4/ MISSION, SEPTEMBER 11-13, 1961

MA-5

Project Mercury: Technical Information Summary of Mercury-Atlas Mission 5/9 (Capsule no. 9)

Postlaunch Memorandum Report for Mercury-Atlas no. 5 (MA-5)

Mercury-Atlas no. 5 (MA-5) Spacecraft No. 9 Data Analysis Report

MA-6 Friendship 7

Results of the First United States Manned Space Flight, February 20, 1962 Alternate

Mercury-Atlas 6 Flight Plan(Will open to a html page)

Mercury-Atlas 6 Flight Report(Will open to a html page)

Mercury-Atlas 6 Memos(Will open to a html page)

Mercury-Atlas 6 Mission Brochure(Will open to a html page)

Mercury-Atlas 6 Network Report(Will open to a html page)

Mercury-Atlas 6 News Releases(Will open to a html page)

Mercury-Atlas 6 Postlaunch Memorandum Report(Will open to a html page)

Mercury-Atlas 6 Press Releases(Will open to a html page)

Mercury-Atlas 6 Reports(Will open to a html page)

Mercury-Atlas 6 Senate Report(Will open to a html page)

Mercury-Atlas 6 Technical Report(Will open to a html page)

Technical Information Summary Mercury-Atlas mission 6 (MA-6 spacecraft 13)

Capsule Flight Operations Manual Capsule 13 (Will open to a html page)

MA-7 Aurora

Mercury-Atlas 7 Postlaunch Memorandum Report

Mercury-Atlas 7 Results of the Second U.S. Orbital Space Flight Alternate Source

Mercury-Atlas 7 Flight Plan(Will open to a html page)

Second United States manned three-pass orbital mission/Mercury-Atlas 7, spacecraft 18/. Description and performance analysis

Effect of MA-7 Spacecraft Accelerations and Reentry Decelerations on the Liquid-Vapor Interface in a Baffled Tank

MA-8 Sigma 7

Mercury-Atlas 8 Results of the Third U.S. Orbital Space Flight

Mercury-Atlas 8 Postlaunch Memorandum Report

Mercury capsule no. 16 configuration specification (Mercury - Atlas no. 8)

MERCURY NETWORK ANALYSIS FOR MA-8

Radiation Dosimetry Aboard the Spacecraft of the Eighth Mercury-Atlas Mission /MA-8/

Mercury-Atlas 8 Flight Plan(Will open to a html page)

First U.S. Manned Six-Pass Orbital Mission /Mercury-Atlas 8, Spacecraft 16

Radiation Dosimetry Aboard the Spacecraft of the Eighth Mercury-Atlas Mission /MA-8/

Measurements of the astronauts' radiation exposure with nuclear emulsion on Mercury missions MA-8 and MA-9

Effect of MA-7 Spacecraft Accelerations and Reentry Decelerations on the Lquid-Vapor Interface in a Baffled Tank

Atlas space booster flight test plan for Mercury Atlas booster 113D

MA-9 Faith

Mercury Project Summary - Results of Fourth Manned Orbital Flight

Mercury-Atlas 9 Postlaunch Memorandum Report

Mercury-Atlas 9 Composite Air-to-Ground and Onboard Voice Tape Transcription

Mercury-Atlas 9 Flight Plan(Will open to a html page)

Radiation Measurements on the Ninth Mercury- Atlas Mission /MA-9/

Flashing-Beacon Experiment for Mercury-Atlas 9 /MA-9/ Mission

Measurements of the astronauts' radiation exposure with nuclear emulsion on Mercury missions MA-8 and MA-9

MA-10 Did Not Fly

Mercury spacecraft no. 15A Configuration Specification (Mercury-Atlas No. 10)

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