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Line 1: − + − − == The Mercury Seven == − − The '''Mercury Seven''' were the original seven [[astronauts]] designated to fly in Project Mercury. They were M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, [[John Glenn]], Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Walter "Wally" Schirra, [[Alan Shepard]], and Donald "Deke" Slayton. Selected for their performance in the [[United_States_Air_Force|Air Force]], several of these pioneer astronauts (including Wally Schirra) flew in all NASA rocket spacecraft - from Mercury to [[Project Gemini|Gemini]] to [[Project Apollo|Apollo]]. − − The successful mission of [[Apollo 11]] could not have been conducted without their efforts, for which one (Gus Grissom) gave his life in the [[Apollo 1]] tragedy, alongside fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee. − − == Mercury Missions == − {| class="wikitable" − |- − | Project Mercury Designation − | Mission − | Mission Date − | Notes/Pilot name − |- − | Mercury-Jupiter − | Test of Jupiter missile. − | Cancelled − |- − | Little Joe 1 − | Test of launch escape system during flight. − | August 21st, 1959 − |- − | Big Joe 1 − | Test of heat shield and Atlas rocket. − | September 9th, 1959 − |- − | Little Joe 6 − | Test of Mercury capsule [[aerodynamics]] and stability. − | October 4th, 1959 − |- − | Little Joe 1A − | Second test of launch escape system during flight. − | November 4th, 1959 − |- − | Little Joe 2 − | Carried a [[monkey]] 52.8 miles in altitude. − | December 4th, 1959 − |- − | Little Joe 1B − | Carried a monkey 9.3 miles in altitude − | January 21st, 1960 − |- − | Beach Abort − | Test of the Off-The-Pad abort system. − | May 9th, 1960 − |- − | Mercury-Atlas 1 − | First test flight of Mercury spacecraft and Atlas rocket. − | July 29th, 1960 − |- − | Little Joe 5 − | First flight of a standard Mercury capsule. − | November 8th, 1960 − |- − | Mercury-Redstone 1 − | First test flight of Mercury spacecraft and Redstone rocket. (Failure) − | November 21st, 1960 − | The "Popped Cork" Incident − |- − | Mercury-Redstone 1A − | First test flight of Mercury spacecraft and Redstone rocket. − | December 19th, 1960 − |- − | Mercury-Redstone 2 − | Carried a [[chimpanzee]] 129.8 miles in altitude. − | January 31st, 1961 − |- − | Mercury-Atlas 2 − | Second test flight of Mercury spacecraft and Atlas rocket. − | February 21st, 1961 − |- − | Little Joe 5A − | Third test of the launch escape system. − | March 18th, 1961 − |- − | Mercury-Redstone BD − | Redstone rocket upgrade test flight. − | March 24th, 1961 − |- − | Mercury-Atlas 3 − | Third test flight of Mercury spacecraft and Atlas rocket. − | April 25th, 1961 − |- − | Little Joe 5B − | Fourth test of the launch escape system. − | April 28th, 1961 − |- − | Mercury-Atlas 4 − | First orbital spaceflight of Mercury spacecraft and Atlas rocket. − | September 13th, 1961 − |- − | Mercury-Scout 1 − | Test of Mercury tracking network. (Failure) − | November 1st, 1961 − |- − | Mercury-Redstone 3 − | Carried first American to make a suborbital flight into space. − | May 5th, 1961 − | [[Alan Shepard]] − |- − | Mercury-Redstone 4 − | Carried second American to make a suborbital flight into space. − | July 21st, 1961 − | [[Virgil I. Grissom]] − |- − | Mercury-Atlas 6 − | Carried first American to orbit the Earth. − | February 20th, 1962 − | [[John Glenn]] − |- − | Mercury-Atlas 7 − | Manned spaceflight-3 orbits. − | May 24th, 1962 − | [[Scott Carpenter]] − |- − | Mercury-Atlas 8 − | Manned spaceflight-6 orbits. − | October 3rd, 1962 − | [[Walter Schirra]] − |- − | Mercury Atlas 9 − | Carried first American in space for over a day and last American to fly alone in Earth orbit. − | May 15th-May 16th, 1963 − | [[Gordon Cooper]] − |- − | Mercury 10 − | 3 day manned spaceflight mission. − | Cancelled − |} − − [[Donald K. Slayton]] did not fly a Mercury mission. The flight surgeons grounded him for nearly a decade and a half after finding that he suffered from an occasional dysrhythmia of the [[heart]]. The other six astronauts then recommended to NASA administration that the astronaut corps should have a permanent chief, chosen among their number, and chose Slayton to fill that position. Slayton was the only chief that the astronaut corps ever had. He would finally fly the [[Apollo-Soyuz Test Project]] mission in 1975, the last mission flown with [[Project Apollo]] hardware. − − [[Category:Space Race]]
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[[Image:Mercuryatlas9.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Mercury-Atlas 9 on the launchpad.]]Started in 1958 and completed in 1963, '''Project Mercury''' was the [[United States]]' first [[human]]-in-[[Outer space|space]] program. The objectives of the program, which made six manned flights from 1961 to 1963, were to orbit a manned spacecraft around [[Earth]], to investigate human ability to function in space, and to recover both man and spacecraft safely. Project Mercury was a success and led to [[Project Gemini]].
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