Grand Turk was only one of 18 tracking stations used for the Mercury missions. They include: Cape Canaveral, Grand Bahama Island, Bermuda, Mid Atlantic ship, Canary Islands, Kano in Nigeria, Zanzibar, Indian Ocean Ship, Muchea and Woomera in Australia, Canton Island, Kauai in Hawaii, Point Arguello in California, Guaymas in Mexico, White Sands in New Mexico, Corpus Christi in Texas, Eglin in Florida and Grand Turk.
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Turks and Caicos National Museum
Nigel Sadler
See Winter 2001 issue of Astrolabe |
