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FROM:
TO:
NASA – MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER
PORT CANAVERAL, FLA
NASA HEADQUARTERS
WASHINGTON DC
ATTN: MR JAMES A WEBB, A
NASA HEADQUARTERS
WASHINGTON DC
ATTN: MR D BRAINERD HOLMES
DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MANNED SPACE FLIGHT
NASA – MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER
LANGLEY AFB, VA
ATTN: MR ROBERT R GILRUTH, DIRECTOR
INFO
HQ SPACE SYSTEMS DIV
LOS ANGELES CAL
ATTN: LT COL R H BRUNDIN, SSVM
ZEN
NASA LOD
GCMSFC
TITUSVILLE FLA
PMFO 24 CONFIDENTIAL.
SUBJECT: MA-6 POSTLAUNCH MEMORANDUM.
1.0 GENERAL-
THE MA-6 VEHICLE, SCHEDULED FOR LAUNCH AT 07:30 EST,
FEB. 20, 1962, WAS LAUNCHED AT 09:48 EST. THE THREE-ORBIT
[signed]
Walter C Williams
Associate Director
[2]
MISSION WITH ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN ABOARD THE CAPSULE
WAS ACCOMPLISHED AS PLANNED, AND ALL TEST OBJECTIVES WERE
ACCOMPLISHED. MALFUNCTIONS WERE INDICATED FROM CAPSULE
INSTUMENTATION IN THE INVERTER COLD-PLATES, IN THE AUTOMATIC