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		Mercury's interior is dominated by a large iron core whose radius is 1800 to 1900 km.
		Its correct prediction of the motions of Mercury was an important factor in the early acceptance of the theory.
		Mercury is the only body in the solar system known to have an orbital/rotational resonance with a ratio other than 1:1.
	library.thinkquest.org /C007410/ie4/ss/mercury.shtml (2627 words)

	ipedia.com: Mercury-Atlas 5 Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The flight used Mercury spacecraft # 9 and Atlas # 93-D. On February 24, 1961 spacecraft # 9 arrived at Cape Canaveral.
		Reentry temperatures should reach 3,000 degrees F (1,650 deg C.) on the heatshield, 2,000 degrees F (1,095 deg C) on the antenna housing, 1,080 degrees F (582 deg C) on the cylindrical section, and 1,260 degrees F (682 deg C) on the conical section.
		Mercury spacecraft # 9 used in the Mercury-Atlas 5 mission, is currently displayed at the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, Durham NC.
	www.ipedia.com /mercury_atlas_5.html (1449 words)

	Project Mercury History
		The Mercury spacecraft was a cone-shaped capsule that held one astronaut and had a cylinder mounted to the top.
		The blunt end of the capsule was a heat shield that protected the spacecraft from temperatures that reached 3000 F degrees during reentry into the atmosphere.
		Purpose was to demonstrate primarily the structural integrity of the highest dynamic pressure anticipated during an Atlas launch for orbital flight.
	students.db.erau.edu /~kalier/projectMercury.html (1503 words)

	Mercury-Atlas 5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mercury-Atlas 5 was an American unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program.
		Mercury-Atlas 5 would be launched from Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral on a heading 72.51 degrees east of north.
		The Atlas launched the MA-5 spacecraft into an orbit of 99 miles by 147 miles (159 km by 237 km).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mercury-Atlas_5 (1411 words)

	Atlas D
		Overall, the flight was highly successful: the Atlas booster performed well and demonstrated that it was ready for the manned flight, the spacecraft systems operated well, and the Mercury global tracking network and telemetry operated in an excellent manner and was ready to support manned orbital flight.
		Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5), the second and final orbital qualification of the spacecraft prior to manned flight was launched from Cape Canaveral with Enos, a 37.5 pound chimpanzee, aboard.
		An Atlas D launch vehicle lifted a Project Fire spacecraft from Cape Kennedy in the first test of the heat that would be encountered by a spacecraft reentering the atmosphere at lunar-return velocity.
	www.astronautix.com /lvs/atlasd.htm (7687 words)

	Mercury
		Tests were conducted in 5 degree increments between 10 degrees to 30 degrees, and visually it appeared stability was better at the larger angle.
		Between this date and December 5, 1959, the tentative design and layout of the Mercury Control Center to be used to monitor the orbiting flight of the Mercury spacecraft were completed.
		An Atlas investigation board was convened to study the cause of the Mercury-Atlas 3 (MA-3) mission launch vehicle failure.
	www.astronautix.com /project/mercury.htm (15852 words)

	Mercury program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Mercury spacecraft (also called a capsule or space capsule) were very small one-man vehicles; it said that the Mercury spacecraft were not they were worn.
		The Mercury spacecraft were designed to be controllable from the ground in the event the space environment impaired the pilot's ability function.
		Mercury had seven prime astronauts all former military test pilots known as the Mercury 7.
	www.freeglossary.com /Mercury_program (1616 words)

	SPACE MEDICINE IN PROJECT MERCURY - Chapter 9
		THE SUBORBITAL FLIGHT OF ALAN SHEPARD on May 5, 1961, was, in one sense of the word, anticlimactic.
		The Mercury spacecraft was recovered 1 hour 25 minutes after the water landing, and Enos was recovered in seemingly excellent condition except that the extreme heat had obviously plagued him.[3]
		In the Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) orbital flight, Enos performed a complex multiple operant task as he twice orbited the earth.
	lsda.jsc.nasa.gov /books/mercury/ch09.htm (2315 words)

	This New Ocean - Ch12-5
		Space Task Group officials expected delivery of the MA-5 launch vehicle, Atlas No. 93-D, about mid-August 1961, but it was decided by STG and the Air Force to delay shipment until the flight of MA-4.
		Estimated temperatures during reentry should be about 3,000 degrees F on the heatshield, 2,000 degrees on the antenna housing, 1,080 degrees on the cylindrical section, and 1,260 degrees on the conical section.
		The STG operation planners estimated that the spent Atlas sustainer engine would reenter the atmosphere after 9 1/3 orbits, a considerable change from their estimates for the descent of the MA4 rocket.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/SP-4201/ch12-5.htm (1592 words)

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		The Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) data aquisition plan was published by the Mercury Data Coordination Office of the Space Task Group's Flight Operations Division.
		For the Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) orbital mission, the Mercury astronauts were assigned as spacecraft communicators at six of the Mercury global network tracking stations.
		This decision was made when the Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) mission data indicated that the spacecraft system, launch vehicle, and tracking network were ready.
	www.friends-partners.org /partners/mwade/flights/mercury5.htm (1116 words)

	Space Cowboy Saloon
		At the time of his flight, John was the oldest of the Mercury astronauts at 40, and after his USMC promotion, the most senior in military rank.
		The guy was just a perfect PR guy, and for the most part, when the press came, they let him do most of the talking.
		All of the Mercury astronauts included the number 7 in naming their spacecraft, as a show of unity and teamwork among the 7 astronauts.
	groups.msn.com /SpaceCowboySaloon/mercuryatlas6.msnw (1060 words)

	Animal Astronauts-Enos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Two months before allowing a chimp to be launched into orbit, NASA had launched Mercury Atlas 4 on September 13, 1961 to conduct the same mission with a "crewman simulator" in the spacecraft.
		Enos flew into space on board Mercury Atlas 5 in November of 1961.
		Enos' flight was a full dress rehearsal for the next Mercury launch on February 20, 1962, which would make Lt. Colonel John Glenn the first American to orbit the Earth.
	ham.space.umn.edu /kris/enos.html (293 words)

	MANNED SPACEFLIGHT PDF DOCUMENTS
		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
		Measurements of the astronauts' radiation exposure with nuclear emulsion on Mercury missions MA-8 and MA-9
		Atlas space booster flight test plan for Mercury Atlas booster 113D
	www.geocities.com /bobandrepont/mercurypdf.htm (861 words)

	NSSDC Master Catalog Display: Spacecraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Mercury Atlas 2 (MA-2) was a sub-orbital test vehicle launch to check maximum heating and its effects during the worst reentry design conditions.
		The trajectory was designed to provide the most severe reentry heating conditions which could be encountered during an emergency abort during an orbital flight attempt.
		Further evaluation found that the spacecraft afterbody temperatures were somewhat lower than originally anticipated.
	nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov /database/MasterCatalog?sc=MERCA2 (208 words)

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