1957 Launch of Sputnik: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/collection/intelligence-warning-1957-launchsputnik.
Khrushchev's 'We Will Bury You'. February 7, 1962. Released January 22, 2001.
Moskva Scientific Research Institute NII Bolshevo 4 – Strategic Weapons Industrial Facilities USSR. January 1, 1971. Released July 29, 2003.
NIE (National Intelligence Estimate) 11–5–60 Soviet Capabilities in Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles. May 3, 1960.
NIE 11–4–60 Main Trends in Soviet Capabilities and Policies 1960–1965. December 1, 1960. Released May 17, 2012.
NIE 11–5–61 Soviet Capabilities in Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles. April 25, 1961.
Plaster, Henry G. 'Snooping on Space Pictures' CIA Studies in Intelligence Vol. 8 Fall 1964. Released 1995.
Soviet Version of the U-2 Incident. June 9, 1960. Released August 11, 2010.
Space Contribution of NIE 11–60. February 9, 1960. Released August 14, 2001.
The President's Intelligence Checklist. June 17, 1961. Released September 15, 2015.
Wheelon, Albert & Graybeal, Sidney. 'Intelligence for the Space Race' CIA Studies in Intelligence Vol. 5 Fall 1961. Released September 18, 1995.
Dryden, Hugh. Discussion Notes by the Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. April 22, 1961. Available at Office of the Historian, US Department of State. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v25/d362.
Grimwood, J. Mercury Pressure Suit Development. U. S. Government Memorandum to Lee N. McMillion, November 1, 1963.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library: www.jfklibrary.org:
Inaugural address, January 20, 1961. Digital identifier (DI): JFKPOF-034-002-p0001
Interview with WGN-TV, April 10, 1961. DI: JFKWHA-021-005
Low, George. Interview, May 1, 1964. DI: JFKOH-GML-01
Memorandum for Vice President, April 20, 1961. DI: JFKPOF-030-019-p0006
President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC) Ad Hoc Mercury Panel Report, April 12, 1961. DI: FKPOF-086a-002-p0001
Press Conference, February 8, 1961. DI: JFKWHA-009
Press Conference, February 15, 1961. DI: JFKWHA-011
Press Conference, March 23, 1961. DI: JFKWHA-020
Press Conference, April 12, 1961. DI: JFKPOF-054-011-p0001
Special Message to Joint Session of Congress on Urgent National Needs, May 25, 1961. DI: JFKWHA-032
Khrushchev's Speech to the UN, September 23, 1960. Wilson Center Digital Archive: https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/155185.pdf?v=9f7ac7df82c2cf1162b9f845c67ef067.
Logsdon J., with Launius, R. D. Ed. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the US Civil Space Program, Vol 7: Human Spaceflight: Projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. NASA History Series, 2008. Includes Report of the Ad Hoc Mercury Panel, April 12, 1961, 1–34.
NASA The Mercury Redstone Project, NASA, September 1961.
NASA Proceedings of a Conference on Results of the First Manned Suborbital Spaceflight. June 6, 1961. https://msquair.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/results-of-the-first-manned-sub-orbital-space-flight.pdf.
NASA 'Report to Committee on Science and Astronautics US House of Representatives', Aeronautical and Astronautical Events of 1961, US Government Printing Office, 1962.
NASA Results of the Project Mercury Ballistic and Orbital Chimpanzee Flights. Eds. Henry, James P. & Mosely, John D., NASA 1963.
NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston (JSC) History Portal for Project Mercury: https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/mercury.htm
NASA JSC Oral History Project: https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/oral_histories.htm.
Charles A. Berry, interviewed by Carol Butler. Houston, Texas. April 29, 1999.
Manfred H. 'Dutch' von Ehrenfried, interviewed by Rebecca Wright. Houston, Texas. March 29, 2009.
Maxime A. Faget, interviewed by Jim Slade. Houston, Texas. June 18–19, 1997.
Maxime A. Faget, interviewed by Carol Butler. Houston, Texas. August 19, 1998.
Dr Robert Gilruth, interviewed by Linda Ezell, Howard Wolko, Martin Collins. National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC. June 30, 1986.
John H. Glenn Jnr., interviewed by Sheree Scarborough. Houston, Texas. August 25, 1997.
Caldwell C. Johnson, interviewed by Michelle Kelly. League City, Texas. April 1, 1998.
Christopher Kraft, interviewed by Rebecca Wright. Houston, Texas. May 23, 2008 and August 5, 2014.
Christopher Kraft, interviewed by Jennifer Ross-Nazzal. Houston, Texas. April 14, 2009.
Eugene F. Kranz, interviewed by Roy Neal. Houston, Texas. March 19, 1998.
Glynn S. Lunney, interviewed by Roy Neal. Houston, Texas. March 9, 1998.
Glynn S. Lunney, interviewed by Carol Butler. Houston, Texas. January 28, 1999 and February 8, 1999.
Dee O'Hara, interviewed by Rebecca Wright. Mountain View, California. April 23, 2002.
Alan B. Shepard, Jr., interviewed by Roy Neal. Pebble Beach, Florida. February 20, 1998.
Dr Robert B. Voas, interviewed by Summer Chick Bergen, Vienna, Virginia. May 19, 2002.
Guenter F. Wendt, interviewed by Catherine Harwood. Titusville, Florida. February 25, 1999.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Guide to locations of NASA records by Field Center: https://history.nasa.gov/nara1.html
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Fort Worth, Texas, containing records from the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. Mercury Series. Relevant Boxes include:
Boxes 1–18: Chronological Files 1951–June 1961
Boxes 24–31: Mercury Flight Related Documents, including MR-1, MR-1A, MR-2, MR-BD & MR-3
Box 47: Project Mercury Status Reports (PMSR):
PMSR Number 8, period ending October 31, 1960.
PMSR Number 9, period ending January 31, 1961.
PMSR Number 10, period ending April 30, 1961.
PMSR Number 11, period ending July 31, 1961.
Box 74: Familiarization Manuals including Astronaut's Handbook Project Mercury
Box 88: Astronaut Selection and Training
Mercury Press Conferences (transcripts):
January 31, 1961. Cape Canaveral. Following the Launch of Mercury-Redstone 2 (Entry 60)
February 21, 1961. Cape Canaveral. Mercury-Atlas 2 (Box 28)
February 22, 1961. Cape Canaveral. Project Mercury/Astronauts (Box 17)
April 25, 1961. Cape Canaveral. Mercury-Atlas III
Mercury Press Releases:
January 28, 1961. Release 61–14–3. Animal Flight Program (Box 27)
February 28, 1961. Summary Statement: Program Results and Objectives by Hugh Dryden before the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Box 17)
March 22, 1961. Release 61–57. Mercury Redstone Booster Development Test
April 23, 1961. Release 61–85. Mercury-Atlas 3 Spacecraft Flight Test
NASA Information Plans and Memoranda:
Memorandum on Mercury-Redstone Booster Problems. March 20, 1961.
Information Plan: Redstone Development Test MR-BD. March 21, 1961.
Memorandum on Mercury-Redstone Booster Development Flight (MR-BD). March 26, 1961.
Memorandum on Mercury-Redstone Booster Development Test. March 27, 1961.
Public Information Operating Plan: Project Mercury MR-3. April 21, 1961.
NASA Working Papers:
Project Mercury Working Paper no. 174: Astronaut Preparation and Activities Manual for Mercury-Redstone Mission No. 3 (MR-3). February 6, 1961 (Box 18).
Project Mercury Working Paper no. 192: Postlaunch Report for Mercury-Redstone No.3 (MR-3). June 16, 1961.
NASA Press Releases at NASA News: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/744715main_1961.pdf.
March 27, 1961. (No title.) Subject regarding news coverage for upcoming first manned suborbital Project Mercury flight.
April 12, 1961. Statement by Mr. Robert R. Gilruth, NASA Space Task Group.
April 12, 1961. Comment by Mercury Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom at 10:30 a. m.
April 12, 1961. Comment by Mercury Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
April 12, 1961. Comment by Mercury Astronaut John H. Glenn.
Proceedings of House Committee on Science and Astronautics. Full text (all 1961): March 13, 14, 22, 23, April 10, 11, 14, 17. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822015358211&view=1up&seq=201.
Ohio State University Libraries: Transcript of Mercury Seven Press Conference, April 9, 1958. https://library.osu.edu/site/friendship7/selection-and-training/.
Газеты и журналы
Местонахождение:
BL – British Library
BNA – British Newspaper Archive
NYPL – New York Public Library
Aviation Week 1959–61 (https://archive.aviationweek.com)
Daily Herald April 1961 (BNA)
Daily Mirror 1961 (BNA)
Daily Worker April 1961 (BL)
Life Magazine 1959–61 (NYPL)
New York Daily News 1960–1 (NYPL)
New York Times January–May 1961 (NYPL & Times Machine)
Time Magazine January–May 1961 (NYPL)
Washington Post 1960–1 (NYPL)
«Известия», январь – май 1961 (BL)
«Огонек», январь – май 1961 (BL)
«Правда», январь – май 1961 (BL)
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Белякова Л. А. Где начинался Звездный. Что здесь было до Звездного // Запись и редактура Г. И. Соколова. – Звездный городок, февраль 2016. https://zvezdny.mosreg.ru/about/story.
