Memorandum for Flight Director, Summary Report on Test 5460

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Memorandum for Flight Director, Summary Report on Test 5460

This is a summary report outlining the flight surgeon's responsibilities for February 20, 1962. It includes the aeromedical area, flight program, and range support for the Mercury-Atlas 6. It is written by Stanley C. White, M.D. Chief, Life Systems Division.

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SNAC Resource ID: 11615275

National Archives at Fort Worth

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Project Mercury (U.S.)

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Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union. Taken over from the U.S. Air Force by the newly created civilian space agency NASA, it conducted twenty unmanned developmental flights (some using animals), and six successful flights by astronauts. The astronauts were collectively known as the "Mercury...

White, Stanley C., 1926-2011

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Dr. Stanley C. White was born January 13, 1926 in Lebanon, Ohio. He obtained his M.D. in 1949 at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He received his Master of Public Health (MPH) in 1953 at John Hopkins University School of Public Health & Hygiene. He received his Board Certification in Aerospace Medicine from the American Board of Preventive Medicine in 1956. He was a Colonel in the United States Air Force where he spent most of his career working in t...

Glenn, John, 1921-2016

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John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (b. July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Guernsey County-d. December 8, 2016, Columbus, Ohio), astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio. He attended public schools of New Concord, Ohio, and later graduated from Muskingum College. Glenn served in the United States Marine Corps from 1942 to 1965, and was later a test pilot and joining the United States space program in 1959. He was selected as one of the original seven Mercury astronauts. In February 1962, Glenn became the first American...

White, Stanley C., 1926-2011

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Dr. Stanley C. White was born January 13, 1926 in Lebanon, Ohio. He obtained his M.D. in 1949 at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He received his Master of Public Health (MPH) in 1953 at John Hopkins University School of Public Health & Hygiene. He received his Board Certification in Aerospace Medicine from the American Board of Preventive Medicine in 1956. He was a Colonel in the United States Air Force where he spent most of his career working in t...