Memorandum for Chief, Flight Operations Division, Observations on Test 5460 (MA-6)

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Memorandum for Chief, Flight Operations Division, Observations on Test 5460 (MA-6)

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This is a report on test 5460, from the aeorspace technologists for the Mercury-Atlas 6 flight--Emil R. Schiesser and Joseph R. Thibodeau. It is primarily over-all observations of the flight.

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