Project Mercury Guidance Computer, 1959-1963
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In 1955, the United States Air Force contracted with Burroughs Corporation to develop several transistorized guidance computers for missile and rocket launches. The Air Force installed one of the Burroughs computers at its Cape Canaveral Station (Eastern Test Range) in 1958. This computer (MOD III A-1) proved vital to early Mercury and Gemini space missions.
In 1955, the United States Air Force contracted with Burroughs Corporation to develop several transistorized guidance computers for missile and rocket launches. The Air Force installed one of the Burroughs computers at its Cape Canaveral Station (Eastern Test Range) in 1958. This computer (MOD III A-1) proved vital to early Mercury and Gemini space missions.
Artifact
Digital image
Date Made
circa 2009
Subject Date
1959-1963
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Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2017.94.178.11
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Burroughs, Inc.
Technique
Digital imaging
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
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