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READIED FOR FLIGHT - Project Mercury's second manned suborbital space flight from Cape Canaveral, Fla., will be attempted during the week of July 16, utilizing this 58-foot Mercury-Redstone vehicle. significant advances have been made in the design of the Mercury spacecraft and the astronaut's personal equipment. flight will be similar to MR-3, the first manned Mercury flight May 5, 1961; however, the pilot will have more time for making Earth and celestial observations.
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READIED FOR FLIGHT - Project Mercury's second manned suborbital space flight from Cape Canaveral, Fla., will be attempted during the week of July 16, utilizing this 58-foot Mercury-Redstone vehicle. significant advances have been made in the design of the Mercury spacecraft and the astronaut's personal equipment. flight will be similar to MR-3, the first manned Mercury flight May 5, 1961; however, the pilot will have more time for making Earth and celestial observations.
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