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Miscellanous Project Mercury Tests

Beach Abort
  9 May 1960
  This was a successful 1 minute, 16 second test of the Mercury escape and landing system.
  The test took place at Wallops Island.


Mercury-Redstone Booster Development
  24 March 1961
  Launched from Cape Canaveral LC-5, the 8 minute 23 second flight ironed out previous diffficulties with the Redstone rocket. The rocket and boiler plate capsule impacted the ocean 307 miles downrange.


Mercury-Scout 1
  1 November 1961
  Launched from Cape Canaveral LC-18B, this was to be a tracking test using a small box shaped satellite. It failed to rech orbit.

 


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