Mercury-Atlas 10

## '''Mercury-Atlas 10'''
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Mercury-Atlas 10

Nau'in manufa Gwajin jirgin
Operator NASA
Tsawon lokacin manufa kwanaki 3 (shirya)
Kaddarorin jiragen sama
Jirgin sama na Mercury No.15
Manufacturer McDonnell Aircraft
Ƙaddamar da taro ~ 1,490 kilogiram (3,284 lb)
Ma'aikata
Girman ma'aikata 1
Membobi Alan Shepard
Callsign Freedom 7 II
Farkon manufa
Ranar ƙaddamarwa 1963 (an soke)
Rocket Atlas LV-3B
Kaddamar da wurin Cape Canaveral LC-14
Mercury-Atlas 10 (MA-10) wani jirgin sama ne da aka soke tun da wuri, wanda zai kasance jirgi na ƙarshe a cikin shirin NASA na Mercury. An tsara shi a matsayin tsawaita aikin kwanaki uku, don ƙaddamar da shi a ƙarshen 1963; Kumbon, Freedom 7-II, da Alan Shepard, wani tsohon soja ne na aikin Mercury-Redstone 3 na karkashin kasa a 1961. Duk da haka, an soke shi bayan nasarar aikin Mercury-Atlas 9 na kwana daya a watan Mayu 1963. , don ba da damar NASA ta mayar da hankali kan ƙoƙarinta a kan ƙarin ci gaba na mutum biyu shirin Gemini.

## '''Tsare-tsare'''
Jadawalin shirin na MA-10 ya fara ne tun a tsakiyar shekarar 1961, kafin a tashi jirgin sama guda daya. An shirya shi a matsayin manufa ta orbital ta kwana ɗaya, ta amfani da Spacecraft #15 da Atlas booster 144D. An isar da kumbon #15A da aka yi masa gyaran fuska a Cape Canaveral a ranar 16 ga watan Nuwamba shekara ta alif 1962,  aka sake lambobi #15B a watan Janairu shekara ta alif 1963, kuma an shirya don amfani da shi azaman ajiyar kumbo don MA-9; ta wannan matakin, NASA ba ta da iyaka game da ko za a yi jigilar jirgin sama na biyar ko a'a.
Ba da daɗewa ba bayan jirgin Mercury-Atlas 8 ga watan Oktoba shekara ta alif 1962, wasu masu sharhi sun yi hasashen yiwuwar jigilar MA-10 a matsayin "aiki biyu". A cikin wannan tsarin, MA-10 da sabon jirgin MA-11, na karshen da ke amfani da madaidaicin madaidaicin MA-10, za a ƙaddamar da shi kusa da kusanci, kuma ya tashi aikin haɗin gwiwa mara kyau, mai kama da Soviet Vostok 3 da Vostok 4 

Yayin da a ƙarshen 1962 har yanzu an shirya aikin MA-10 a matsayin jirgin sama na kwana ɗaya,tun daga farkon 1963, shirin na MA-10 ya yi tsammanin zai kasance kusan kwanaki uku. Alan Shepard, ma'aikacin madadin MA-9, sannan a cikin shiri, kuma a baya matukin jirgin na Mercury-Redstone 3 subbital manufa a shekarar 1961. 'Yanci 7-II".

Da ma aikin ya yi gwajin sake shigar da harkokin sadarwa, wanda ya hada da shigar da ruwa a cikin kube na plasma da ke kewaye da kumbon a lokacin da aka sake dawo da shi, da fatan zai wargaza kubun don ba da damar sadarwa ta rediyo; Wannan daga baya aka tashi a kan Gemini 3.

## '''Sokewa'''
A watan Afrilu, NASA ta fara magana game da MA-9 a matsayin "ƙarshen" shirin,  kuma a ranar 11 ga Mayu NASA ta bayyana a bainar jama'a cewa "babu shakka" cewa nasarar jirgin MA-9 ba zai nufin babu MA- 10. A yayin taron manema labarai na MA-9 na bayan jirgin a ranar 19 ga Mayu, an tambayi Robert C. Seamans game da yiwuwar jirgin sama na orbital na biyar, kuma ya bayyana shi a matsayin "wanda ba zai yuwu ba". Shugaba John F. Kennedy, lokacin da aka yi masa irin wannan tambaya bayan kwanaki uku, ya yanke hukumci, yana mai cewa shawarar ta NASA ce ta yanke.

Wani taro a kan 6 da 7 Yuni sun yi muhawara game da tafiya zuwa jirgin MA-10 - ko kuma zai yiwu ya wuce. Babban muhawarar da aka gabatar ita ce cewa zai sami bayanai masu amfani ga ayyukan Gemini da Apollo ba tare da buƙatar zuba jari mai yawa ba; kumbon da na'urorin harba na'urorin sun kasance kuma suna shirin tashi. An sami matsin lamba daga mazabar da ta fi shafa kai tsaye; Jami’an NASA da kuma shugaban da kansa ‘yan sama jannati na “Mercury Bakwai” ne suka yi masa jana’iza don gudanar da aikin Mercury na bakwai.

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