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Headquarters, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C. - |
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General manager of national space program. |
Manned Spacecraft Center (formerly Space Task Group), Houston, Texas - |
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Project manager for manned space flight program. |
Langley Research Center, Langley Field, Virginia - |
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Wind tunnel aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, stability and control, vibration and flutter, loads, structures, materials, arc-jet, reentry body, and planning and contracting for Mercury instrumentation facilities. |
Launch Operations Division (Later Launch Operations Center), Cape Canaveral, Florida - |
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Launch vehicle manager for Mercury-Redstone. |
Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio - |
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Flight propulsion, engine testing, stabilization and control system for spacecraft. |
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California - |
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Basic and applied research on aeronautical and space problems, atmosphere reentry forms and high-speed aerodynamic research. |
Marshall Space Flight Center (formerly Development Operations Division of ABMA), Huntsville, Alabama - |
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Spacecraft launch vehicle development and reliability, and trajectory studies for Mercury-Redstone. |
Wallops Station, Wallops Island, Virginia - |
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Little Joe flight test for Mercury spacecraft and launch test of Mercury model spacecraft. |
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland - |
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Coordinated all tracking and processed all tracking data for Mercury-Redstone and Mercury-Atlas flights. |
Flight Research CenterEdwards, California - |
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High-speed flight research and drogue parachute tests. |
Department of Defense, Washington, D.C. - |
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Launch and recovery operations. |
Weather Bureau of the Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. - |
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Weather coverage and studies. |
U.S. Navy, Norfolk, Virginia - |
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Recovery operations. |
Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tullahoma, Tennessee - |
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High-speed wind tunnel tests. |
Air Force Systems Command, Space Systems Division, Inglewood, California - |
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Project manager for Atlas launch vehicle. |
Army Missile Command, Huntsville, Alabama - |
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Project manager for the Redstone launch vehicle. |
Aviation Medical Acceleration LaboratoryJohnsville, Pennsylvania - |
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Astronaut centrifuge training and spacecraft couch and restraint harness testing. |
El Centro Naval Parachute Test Facility, El Centro, California - |
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Parachute drop test program. |
Wright Air Development Center, Dayton, Ohio - |
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Acceleration tests, noise and vibration study support, astronaut medical examinations, and pressure suit indoctrination. |
Aero Medical Field Laboratory, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico - |
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Furnished and trained primates for the Mercury animal program. |
U.S. Air Force Survival School, Stead Air Force Base, Reno, Nevada - |
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Astronaut desert survival training. |
Aerospace Medical Division, San Antonio, Texas - |
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Cooperation in bioscience experiments in the Little Joe flights. |
China Lake Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California - |
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Fairing-adapter sled tests. |
Pensacola Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida - |
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Astronaut egress training and swimmer training in support of Mercury spacecraft recovery operations, and flotation collar fabrication. |
Elgin Air Force Base, Pensacola, Florida - |
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Astronaut survival training. |
Air Force Chart and Information Center, St. Louis, Missouri - |
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Worldwide Mercury tracking network maps. |
U.S. Army, Fort Eustis, Newport News, Virginia - |
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Supplied Larc vehicle for recovery. |
Public Health Service, Washington, D.C. - |
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Supplied medical monitor personnel. |
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina - |
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Recovery helicopters. |
Military Air Transport Service, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois - |
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Air transportation. |
White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, New Mexico - |
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Tracking facilities. |
Pacific Missile Range, Point Mugu, California - |
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Tracking facilities. |
Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas - |
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Tracking facilities. |
Department of State, Washington, D.C. - |
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Government-to-government negotiations for overseas sites in Mercury worldwide tracking network. |
Navy Daingerfield Test Facility, Daingerfield, California - |
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Spacecraft afterbody shingle heat resistance and dynamic pressure test. |
Navy Aircrew Equipment Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - |
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Reentry-heat-pulse orientation for the astronauts and environmental systems training. |
U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California - |
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Assistance to NASA Flight Research Center in parachute drop tests and reefing parameters. |
Army Audit Office, Pasadena, California - |
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Audit services. |
District Coast Guard, San Francisco, California - |
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Support services for project. |
Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. - |
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Airlift services and data reduction. |
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. - |
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Animal test program. |
U.S. Navy Comptroller, Washington, D.C. - |
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Materiel inspection services. |
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, Washington, D.C. - |
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Command receiver equipment and installation, planned recovery, contingency recovery, and modification of destroyer davits for spacecraft recovery. |
U.S. Navy Bureau of Weapons, Washington, D.C. - |
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Consultation, planned recovery, and recovery operations. |
U.S. Navy Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. - |
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Consultive services. |
U.S. Navy Weapons Plant, Washington, D.C. - |
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Packaging of hardware. |
U.S. Marine Corps Air Facility, Jacksonville, Florida - |
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Pilot test facility. |
Air Rescue Service, Military Air Transport Service, Orlando, Florida - |
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Recovery operation support. |
U.S. Navy Bureau of Weapons, Pensacola, Florida - |
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Fabrication of auxiliary flotation collar for Mercury spacecraft. |
U.S. Navy School of Aviation Medicine, Pensacola, Florida - |
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Radiation monitoring for Mercury flights. |
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida - |
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Spacecraft test flotation collar. |
U.S. European Command, Paris, France - |
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Contingency recovery. |
U.S. Army, Europe, Heidelberg, Germany and Weisbaden, Germany - |
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Contingency recovery. |
U.S. Air Forces, Europe, Weisbaden, Germany - |
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Contingency recovery. |
U.S. Air Force Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii - |
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Contingency recovery and photographic services. |
U.S. Air Force Communications Service, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois - |
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Communication services during recovery. |
U.S. Navy Bureau of Weapons, St. Louis, Missouri - |
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Issued Government bill of lading for Contract NAS 5-59, Mercury spacecraft, also contracting support, etc. |
U.S. Army Audit Agency, New York, New York - |
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Audit services. |
U.S. Navy Laboratory, Dalgren, Virginia - |
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Cartridges for Mercury antenna. |
Air Weather Service, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois - |
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Weather surveillance flights preceding Mercury manned orbital mission. |
Tactical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia - |
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C-130 aircraft for spacecraft test drops and photographic coverage. |
U.S. Army Research and Engineering Laboratory, Natick, Massachusetts - |
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Preliminary studies of calorie and water requirements for astronauts during orbital flight. |
U.S. Air Force Surgeon General's Office, Washington, D.C. - |
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Compilation of medical monitors' training program. |