May 1, 1933
Arthur’s first QST article “Getting Acquainted With the Short Waves” is published by the ARRL.
May 13, 1937
The Collins Radio Company, already incorporated in Delaware, reorganized as an Iowa corporation.
May 1, 1943
The first issue of Collins Column, an internal company publication, was delivered to the employees.
May 5, 1961
A Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7), with Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The suborbital flight lasted 15 minutes, 28 seconds.
May 24, 1962
A Mercury-Atlas 7 (Aurora 7) with Astronaut, M. Scott Carpenter, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This multi-orbit flight lasted 4 hours, 56 minutes, 5 seconds – a duplicate of Glenn’s flight.
May 15, 1963
A Mercury-Atlas 9 (Faith 7) with Astronaut, L. Gordon Cooper, Jr, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This twenty-two-orbit flight lasted 34 hours, 19 minutes, 49 seconds. Faith 7 was the last Mercury mission.