The Mercury space capsule was produced by McDonnell Aircraft, and carried supplies of water, food and oxygen for about one day in a pressurized cabin. Mercury flights were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, on launch vehicles modified from the Redstone and Atlas D missiles.

2024年6月18日 · “Mercury 13,” a team of 13 women who shared a dream – to be America’s first women pioneers in space. Initiated in 1958, completed in 1963, Project Mercury was the United States' first man-in-space program. The objectives of the program, which made six manned flights from 1961 to 1963, were specific.

Started in 1958, Project Mercury was the United States' first manned spacecraft program. The program included a number of unmanned test flights, some including primates, prior to flying human astronauts.

2025年2月28日 · Each capsule in the Mercury series weighed about 1,400 kg (3,000 pounds). The first U.S. crewed flight in orbit was that of the Friendship 7, commanded by John H. Glenn, Jr. Launched on February 20, 1962, it successfully completed three orbits and landed in the Atlantic Ocean near The Bahamas.

2023年7月27日 · NASA's Mercury capsules are located in various museums and institutions across the United States. The Mercury program was the first human spaceflight program by the United States, and it operated from 1958 to 1963, aiming …

2011年10月17日 · Insignias from each of six manned Mercury 7 missions and autographs of the original seven NASA astronauts encircle the Mercury spacecraft. The first U.S. spaceship was a cone-shaped one-man capsule with a cylinder mounted on top.

2019年6月17日 · Six Mercury flights carried single astronauts on two suborbital flights, the first orbital flight piloted by John Glenn, and three more culminating in Gordon Cooper’s 34-hour flight. The Mercury capsules were each given names selected by their pilot, the most famous being Glenn’s Friendship 7.

2008年10月1日 · Slowed by parachutes, the capsules were designed to splash down in the ocean allowing recovery of the astronaut and vehicle by ship. Each astronaut named his capsule and added the numeral “7” to symbolize the team of seven astronauts.

On September 9, 1959, NASA launched this unoccupied Mercury spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a suborbital flight that lasted 13 minutes. Its launch was the second in the Mercury program and the first using an Atlas booster.

The Mercury Capsule stands as an iconic symbol of America’s early space exploration efforts, marking the dawn of crewed spaceflight. Developed by NASA as part of the Mercury program, these capsules played a pivotal role in launching the …