Berkeley in St. Louis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Mercury Spacecraft MA-6, 1962

IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing

<i>Mercury</i> Spacecraft MA-6, 1962 Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Voigt, March 1, 2020

1. Mercury Spacecraft MA-6, 1962 Marker

Inscription. Col. John Glenn piloted the Mercury Friendship 7 spacecraft in the first United States human orbital flight on 20 February 1962. Electrical and electronic systems invented by McDonnell Aircraft engineers, including IRE members, made his and future spaceflights possible. Among the key contributions were navigation and control instruments, autopilot, rate stabilization and control, and fly-by-wire (FBW) systems.

Erected 2011 by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, Cold. In addition, it is included in the IEEE Milestones in Electrical Engineering and Computing series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1962.

Location. 38° 45.05′ N, 90° 20.737′ W. Marker is in Berkeley, Missouri, in St. Louis County. It can be reached from Airport Road east of James S. McDonnell Boulevard. It is accessible from a parking lot from Airport Road. Marker is in front of Boeing Building 100. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6300 James S McDonnell Boulevard, Saint Louis MO 63134, United States

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Regionally, this marker is in Greater St. Louis.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Project Gemini (a few steps from this marker); Knobbe House (approx. 2.3 miles away); The Little Red Schoolhouse (approx. 2.3 miles away); Ferguson Streetcar Loop (approx. 2.3 miles away); Utz-Teson House (approx. 2.3 miles away); James "Jay" Russell (approx. 2½ miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.7 miles away); Mary Lee Payne Gentry (approx. 2.9 miles away).

Additional keywords. Mercury Spacecraft MA-6, 1962

Photographed by Jason Voigt, March 1, 2020

2. Mercury Spacecraft MA-6, 1962 Marker

Outside Boeing Building 100 (formerly McDonnell Douglas)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 2, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 2, 2020, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 339 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 2, 2020, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.