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Mercury-Atlas was a subprogram of Project Mercury[1]: 1 that included most of the flights and tests using the Atlas LV-3B launch vehicle. The Atlas was also used for one Mercury flight under the Big Joe subprogram.[2]: 207
| Atlas MA-9 |
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 Last crewed Mercury-Atlas |
The Mercury mission numbering system was: a two-letter designation marking the launch vehicle type, followed by a dash, then a number designating the flight/test number. The Atlas launch vehicles used for Project Mercury were given a two- or three-digit number followed by a "-D", indicating that they were the "D" version of the Atlas.
The missions flown in Mercury-Atlas were:
- MA-1 using Atlas launch vehicle "50-D"[2]: 276
- MA-2 using Atlas launch vehicle "67-D"[2]: 320
- MA-3 using Atlas launch vehicle "100-D"[2]: 335
- MA-4 using Atlas launch vehicle "88-D"[2]: 382
- MA-5 using Atlas launch vehicle "93-D"[2]: 398
- MA-6 using Atlas launch vehicle "109-D"[2]: 412–413
- MA-7 using Atlas launch vehicle "107-D"[2]: 446
- MA-8 using Atlas launch vehicle "113-D"[2]: 467
- MA-9 using Atlas launch vehicle "130-D"[2]: 490
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