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Started in 1958 and completed in 1963, Project Mercury was the [[United States]]' first [[human]]-in-[[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. | Started in 1958 and completed in 1963, Project Mercury was the [[United States]]' first [[human]]-in-[[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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Revision as of 04:47, April 16, 2007
Started in 1958 and completed in 1963, Project Mercury was the United States' first human-in-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.
| Project Mercury Designation | Mission | Mission Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mercury-Redstone 4 | Carried second American to make a suborbital flight into space. | July 21st, 1961 |
| Mercury-Atlas 6 | Carried first American to orbit the Earth. | February 20th, 1962 |
| Mercury-Atlas 7 | Manned spaceflight-3 orbits. | May 24th, 1962 |
| Mercury-Atlas 8 | Manned spaceflight-6 orbits. | October 3rd, 1962 |
| 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 |
| Mercury 10 | 3 day manned spaceflight mission. | Cancelled |
