| Space- craft No. |
Use | Mission | Delivered to launch site |
Date launched |
Weeks of prep. |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beach abort |
System qualification test Escape landing Postlanding - unmanned |
April 1, 1960 | May 9, 1960 | 5 | No launch vehicle used |
| 2 | MR-1A | Ballistic - unmanned | July 23, 1960 | Dec. 19, 1960 | 21 | Spacecraft reworked after MR-1 launch attempt where launch vehicle malfunctioned |
| 3 | LJ-5 | Mercury max. dynamic pressure abort - unmanned | Sept. 27, 1960 | Nov. 8, 1960 | 6 | All objectives not accomplished |
| 4 | MA-1 | Max. acceleration, max. heat on afterbody - unmanned | May 23, 1960 | July 29, 1960 | 10 | All systems not complete; all objectives not accomplished |
| 5 | MR-2 | Ballistic - primate | Oct. 11, 1960 | Jan. 31, 1961 | 16 | Successful mission, Ham occupant |
| 6 | MA-2 | Max. acceleration, max. heat on afterbody - unmanned | Sept. 1, 1960 | Feb. 21, 1961 | 25 | Successful mission |
| 7 | MR-3 | Ballistic - manned | Dec. 9, 1960 | May 5, 1961 | 21 | First manned ballistic mission; mission successful; Shepard, pilot |
| 8 | MA-3 | Orbital - unmanned | Nov. 18, 1960 | April 25, 1961 | 23 | Launched and aborted; all mission objectives not accomplished |
| 8A | MA-4 | Orbital - unmanned | May 11, 1961 | Sept. 13, 1961 | 18 | Spacecraft refitted and flown same configuration; mission successful |
| 9 | MA-5 | Orbital - primate | Feb. 24, 1961 | Nov. 29, 1961 | 40 | Mission changed after delivery; 2 orbits flown successfully; Enos occupant |
| 10 | Ground test |
Orbital flight Environmental test |
Mar. 31, 1961 | *June 1, 1962 | Used at St. Louis in project orbit | |
| 11 | MR-4 | Ballistic - manned | Mar. 7, 1961 | July 21, 1961 | 19 | Manned ballistic mission; flown successfully; spacecraft lost on recovery; Grissom, pilot |
| 12B | Unas- signed |
Orbital - manned 1-day mission |
Mission canceled, spacecraft not delivered | |||
| 13 | MA-6 | Orbital - manned | Aug. 27, 1961 | Feb. 20, 1962 | 25 | Unusually long pad period, 4 holds; first manned orbital mission; mission successful; Glenn, pilot |
| 14 | LJ-5A | Mercury max. dynamic pressure abort - unmanned | Jan. 20, 1961 | Mar. 18, 1961 | 8 | All mission objectives not accomplished |
| 14A | LJ-5B | Mercury max. dynamic pressure abort - unmanned | April 4, 1961 | April 28, 1961 | 3.5 | Spacecraft refitted and flown same configuration; mission successful |
| 15B | MA-10 | Orbital - manned 1-day mission |
Nov. 16, 1962 | Mission canceled after success of MA-9, spacecraft 20 | ||
| 16 | MA-8 | Orbital - manned | Jan. 16, 1962 | Oct. 3, 1962 | 37 | Mission changed from 3 to 6 orbital manned; mission successful; Schirra, pilot |
| 17 | Unas- signed |
Orbital - manned 1-day mission |
April 18, 1963 | Delivered to Cape for parts support of manned 1-day missions | ||
| 18 | MA-7 | Orbital - manned | Nov. 15, 1961 | May 24, 1962 | 27 | 4 holds in pad period, 2nd 3 orbital mission; successful; Carpenter, pilot |
| 19 | Unas- signed |
Orbital - manned | Mar. 20, 1962 | Mission canceled after MA-8 | ||
| 20 | MA-9 | Orbital - manned 1-day mission |
Oct. 9, 1962 | May 15, 1963 | 31 | 22 orbital manned mission; mission successful; Cooper, pilot |
| * Completed ground test. |