| Spacecraft No. 1 - beach abort and sled test (present status - display at MSC Public Affairs Office) | ||
| August 9-18, 1963 - | Springfield, Illinois Illinois State Fair |
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| September 9-14, 1963 - | Abilene, Texas West Texas State Fair |
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| October 3-4, 1963 - | Memphis, Tennessee Education Workshop |
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| November 1963 - | Available for exhibit scheduling or release to the U.S. Air Force Museum, Washington, D.C. | |
| Spacecraft No. 2 - MR-1 ballistic, unmanned and RCS test bed (present status - display at MSC Public Affairs Office) | ||
| August 1-5, 1963 - | Kansas City, Missouri U.S. Air Force Industrial Propulsion Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri |
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| August 17-18, 1963 - | Kalamazoo, Michigan Air Show |
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| August 20-24, 1963 - | Champaign, Illinois National Aero Scout Conference University of Illinois |
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| August 31- September 3, 1963 - | Dallas, Texas Dallas Civil Air Patrol |
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| September 16-21, 1963 - | Texarkana, Texas Four State Fair and Rodeo |
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| October 5-10, 1963 - | Houston, Texas International Association of Chiefs of Police |
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| October 15, 1963 - | Available for exhibit scheduling or release to Goddard Museum, New Mexico | |
| Spacecraft No. 3 - Little Joe 5 (lost on launch) |
| Spacecraft No. 4 - MA-1 ballistic, unmanned (lost on launch) |
| Spacecraft No. 5 - MR-2 ballistic, primate and net couch qualification (present status - MSC-Hanger 135 - being refurbished after couch program) | ||
| September 1963 - | Release to Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, for display | |
| Spacecraft No. 6 - MA-2 ballistic, unmanned (present status - permanent item at Houston, Texas, World Trade Center) |
| Spacecraft No. 7 - MR-3 ballistic, manned (Shepard) (present status - display at Smithsonian Institution) |
| Spacecraft No. 8 - MA-3, MA-4 orbital, unmanned (present status - storage at MSC) | ||
| October 5-20, 1963 - | Dallas, Texas Texas State Fair |
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| October 28-30, 1963 - | Chicago, Illinois National Electronics Conference |
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| November 1963- July 1964 - |
Houston and Texas special school tour | |
| September 10-14, 1964 - | Abilene, Texas West Texas State Fair |
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| September 17-22, 1964 - | Waco, Texas Heart of Texas Fair |
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| Spacecraft No. 9 - MA-5 orbital, primate and project orbit (present status - testing at MSC); available for display upon completion of testing |
| Spacecraft No. 10 - Project orbit and R&D test bed (not flown) (present status - testing at MSC); available for display upon completion of testing |
| Spacecraft No. 11 - MR-4 ballistic, manned (Grissom) (lost on recovery) |
| Spacecraft No. 12 - MA-6 backup and manned 1-day mission (present status - storage at MSC); available for exhibit scheduling by NASA Headquarters |
| Spacecraft No. 13 - MA-6 orbital, manned (Glenn) (present status - display at Smithsonian Institute) |
| Spacecraft No. 14 - Little Joe 5B maximum dynamic pressure abort and parachute qualification tests (present status - storage at MSC); release to Langley Research Center |
| Spacecraft No. 15 - Manned 1-day mission (not flown) (present status - storage at Cape Canaveral); available for exhibit scheduling by NASA Headquarters |
| Spacecraft No. 16 - MA-8 orbital, manned (Schirra) (present status - United States Information Agency tour of France) | ||
| August- September 1963 - | Athens, Greece World Scout Jamboree Foreign Tour |
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| October 1963 - | Orlando, Florida Space Science Achievements |
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| November 1963 - | Amsterdam, Holland Amsterdam Exposition |
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| December 1963- April 1964 - |
World Tour | |
| May 1964 - | Boston, Massachusetts Peaceful Uses of Space Conference |
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| Spacecraft No. 17 - Manned 1-day mission (not flown) (present status - storage at MSC); available for exhibit scheduling by NASA Headquarters |
| Spacecraft No. 18 - MA-7 orbital, manned (Carpenter) (present status - display at NASA Headquarters) | ||
| August 10-14, 1963 - | Houston, Texas American Municipal Association |
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| August 21-24, 1963 - | Boulder, Colorado | |
| September 20-29, 1963 - | Houston, Texas Houston International Trade and Travel Fair |
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| October 23- November 2, 1963 - |
Jacksonville, Florida Agriculture and Industrial Fair |
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| November 21-23, 1963 - | Baton Rouge, Louisiana Aerospace Education Workshop |
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| December 1963- April 1964 - |
Available for exhibit scheduling by NASA Headquarters | |
| May 1964 - | International Science Fair (location unknown at this time) | |
| June 1964- June 1965 - | United States Tour | |
| July 1965 - | Release to Cape Canaveral | |
| Spacecraft No. 19 - MA-8 backup (not flown) (present status - storage at MSC); available for display |
| Spacecraft No. 20 - MA-9 orbital, manned (Cooper) (present status - display at NASA Headquarters) | ||
| September 21-29, 1963 - | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma State Fair |
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| September 30- October 2, 1963 - |
Houston, Texas Mercury Report Conference |
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| October 3, 1963 - | Available for 50-State capitol tour | |
| Big Joe Boilerplate - Big Joe ballistic unmanned (present status - display at MSC-PAO) | ||
| October 1-5, 1963 - | Waco, Texas Heart of Texas Fair |
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| October 10, 1963- June 1965 - |
Retained by MSC for Houston and Texas exhibits | |
| SUGGESTED FINAL DISPOSITION OF MANNED MERCURY SPACECRAFT |
| Spacecraft No. 16 - MA-8 - orbital, manned (Schirra); after July 1965 - Undetermined |
| Spacecraft No. 18 - MA-7 - orbital, manned (Carpenter); after July 1965 - Cape Canaveral |
| Spacecraft No. 20 - MA-9 - orbital, manned (Cooper); after July 1965 - Houston, Texas, for permanent installation at MSC |
| SUGGESTED FINAL DISPOSITION OF UNMANNED MERCURY SPACECRAFT |
| Spacecraft No. 1or No. 2 - after January 1964 - Goddard Museum in New Mexico |
| Spacecraft No. 1or No. 2 - after January 1964 - U.S. Air Force Museum, Washington, D.C. |
| Spacecraft No. 5 - MR-2 - ballistic, primate and net couch qualification - immediate release to Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Spacecraft No. 14 - Little Joe 5B maximum dynamic pressure and parachute qualification tests - immediate release to Langley Research Center |