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Manned space flight

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Project Mercury Stamp

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 75
Identifier: 2025-045
Dates: 1962
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Donald K. Slayton typed manuscript on Project Mercury

 Collection — Communal collections box 73, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSP 138
Scope and Contents Includes one undated manuscript comprised of 11 typed pages. It is titled, "Status of Project Mercury From the Test Pilot's Viewpoint" appears to be a paper given at a conference, possibly the 1959 meeting of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. The paper discusses the original objectives of Project Mercury, delays the project is experiencing - specifically delays in the initial capsule delivery, outlines general problem areas with the program thus far, and discusses pilot training...
Dates: ca. 1959
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections