Human spaceflight program

Project Mercury

Human spaceflightCompleted

Overview

Project Mercury was the first United States human spaceflight program, putting the first Americans into space and orbit.

Knowledge connections

Operated byNASA
Program includesFreedom 7 (Mercury-Redstone 3)
Program includesFriendship 7 (Mercury-Atlas 6)
Associated withShepard Becomes the First American in Space
Associated withGlenn Becomes the First American to Orbit the Earth

Sources

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NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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