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)
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)
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)
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)

Spacecraft No. 7 - MR-3 ballistic, manned (Shepard) (present status - display at Smithsonian Institution)

Spacecraft No. 8 - MA-3, MA-4 orbital, unmanned (present status - storage at MSC)
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

Spacecraft No. 10 - Project orbit and R&D test bed (not flown) (present status - testing at MSC); available for display upon completion of testing

Spacecraft No. 11 - MR-4 ballistic, manned (Grissom) (lost on recovery)

Spacecraft No. 12 - MA-6 backup and manned 1-day mission (present status - storage at MSC); available for exhibit scheduling by NASA Headquarters

Spacecraft No. 13 - MA-6 orbital, manned (Glenn) (present status - display at Smithsonian Institute)

Spacecraft No. 14 - Little Joe 5B maximum dynamic pressure abort and parachute qualification tests (present status - storage at MSC); release to Langley Research Center

Spacecraft No. 15 - Manned 1-day mission (not flown) (present status - storage at Cape Canaveral); available for exhibit scheduling by NASA Headquarters

Spacecraft No. 16 - MA-8 orbital, manned (Schirra) (present status - United States Information Agency tour of France)
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

Spacecraft No. 18 - MA-7 orbital, manned (Carpenter) (present status - display at NASA Headquarters)
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

Spacecraft No. 20 - MA-9 orbital, manned (Cooper) (present status - display at NASA Headquarters)
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)
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. 1or No. 2 - after January 1964 - Goddard Museum in New Mexico
Spacecraft No. 1or 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


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