Atlas MA-9
MA-9 pre-launch
Last crewed Mercury-Atlas

Mercury-Atlas was a subprogram of Project Mercury[1]: 1  that included most of the flights and tests using the Atlas LV-3B launch vehicle. The Atlas was also used for one Mercury flight under the Big Joe subprogram.[2]: 207 

The Mercury mission numbering system was: a two-letter designation marking the launch vehicle type, followed by a dash, then a number designating the flight/test number. The Atlas launch vehicles used for Project Mercury were given a two- or three-digit number followed by a "-D", indicating that they were the "D" version of the Atlas.

The missions flown in Mercury-Atlas were:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Information Summaries: The Early Years - Mercury to Apollo-Soyuz" (PDF). NASA. September 1991. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 26, 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Swenson, Loyd S. Jr.; Grimwood, James M.; Alexander, Charles C. (1998). This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury (PDF). NASA History Office. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
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