The second of the four plaques on the first tablet. It reads
Mercury Projects America's first man space flight program team Government Agencies Members Major Contractor Members NASA - Program Management McDonnell Air Craft - Spacecraft U.S. Air Force - Atlas Launch Vehicle Aerospace - USAF support General Dynamics - Atlas Booster Rocketdyne - Atlas Engines General Electric - Atlas Guidance Burroughs - Guidance Computers U.S. Air Force - Range Operations Pan American - Range Operations U.S. Army - Redstone Launch Vehicle Chrysler - Redstone Vehicle U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard - Recovery