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WALLY SCHIRRA'S MERCURY SPACECRAFT BLUEPRINT, SIGNED ILLUSTRATES THE COMPLEXITIES HIS SPACECRAFT S/C NUMBER 16
Hunts(ville) Hangar & Redstone Pad Routing Chart Schematic, Redstone Pad, Capsule 15, 16, & 17 blueprint,
Hunts(ville) Hangar & Redstone Pad Routing Chart Schematic, Redstone Pad, Capsule 15, 16, & 17 blueprint,
20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
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WALLY SCHIRRA'S MERCURY SPACECRAFT BLUEPRINT, SIGNED
ILLUSTRATES THE COMPLEXITIES HIS SPACECRAFT S/C NUMBER 16
Hunts(ville) Hangar & Redstone Pad Routing Chart Schematic, Redstone Pad, Capsule 15, 16, & 17 blueprint, McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Saint Louis, MO, c.1960. 12 x 39 inches, folded. 1/3 scale of master drawing.
Blueprint BOLDLY SIGNED and INSCRIBED: "WALLY SCHIRRA, S/C # 16."
An outline drawing of the Mercury spacecraft is illustrated having the relative locations of onboard electrical components and their associated pad test cables. Placement of various "squib" and booster simulators are shown, plus a drawing of the pre-launch cooling assembly.
Included is a typed letter on WALLY SCHIRRA's personal stationery, having the WSM watermark, reading in part: "Attached is an interesting blueprint diagram that we used back during my Mercury days. It is one of the many essential items such as manuals, checklists, diagrams, and charts that we Mercury astronauts used on a daily basis to prepare for flights into the unknown. This particular blueprint shows a representative outline of Mercury capsules 15, 16 and 17. We later used capsule (spacecraft or S/C) number 16 from my six orbit Sigma 7 flight during October 1962. There were a large number of tests performed on each Mercury vehicle by McDonnell personnel.... I have signed this blueprint and written my S/C number (16) on the right side of this blueprint."
Hunts(ville) Hangar & Redstone Pad Routing Chart Schematic, Redstone Pad, Capsule 15, 16, & 17 blueprint, McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Saint Louis, MO, c.1960. 12 x 39 inches, folded. 1/3 scale of master drawing.
Blueprint BOLDLY SIGNED and INSCRIBED: "WALLY SCHIRRA, S/C # 16."
An outline drawing of the Mercury spacecraft is illustrated having the relative locations of onboard electrical components and their associated pad test cables. Placement of various "squib" and booster simulators are shown, plus a drawing of the pre-launch cooling assembly.
Included is a typed letter on WALLY SCHIRRA's personal stationery, having the WSM watermark, reading in part: "Attached is an interesting blueprint diagram that we used back during my Mercury days. It is one of the many essential items such as manuals, checklists, diagrams, and charts that we Mercury astronauts used on a daily basis to prepare for flights into the unknown. This particular blueprint shows a representative outline of Mercury capsules 15, 16 and 17. We later used capsule (spacecraft or S/C) number 16 from my six orbit Sigma 7 flight during October 1962. There were a large number of tests performed on each Mercury vehicle by McDonnell personnel.... I have signed this blueprint and written my S/C number (16) on the right side of this blueprint."