"... One of the most complex tasks ever presented to man in this country
••• The achievement of manned flight in orbit around
the earth."
- John F. Kennedy
Thirty-Fifth President of the United States
This marker commemorates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's
Project Mercury, which first put free men into space. The four manned orbital
capsules were boosted into space by Atlas rockets, which were launched
by the United States Air Force from Complex 14, located 2200 feet east of here
at 28°
29' 27.1428" north latitude and 80° 32' 49.6107 west longitude.
Contained in a capsule herein to be opened in the year 2464 A.D. are technical
reports of these flights.
Dedicated 1964 A.D., to the thousands of men and women of the free world who
contributed to the success of Project Mercury.
"Si Monumentum Requiris Circumspice" - Anon.
Erected as a public service by General Dynamics
Corporation