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[[Image:Mercuryatlas9.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Mercury-Atlas 9 on the launchpad.]]
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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| Little Joe 2
| Little Joe 2
| Carried a monkey 52.8 miles in altitude.
| Carried a [[monkey]] 52.8 miles in altitude.
| December 4th, 1959
| December 4th, 1959
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