NASA's first crewed spaceflight program, running from 1958 to 1963, which put the first Americans into space and orbit, including Alan Shepard's suborbital flight and John Glenn's first American orbital flight.
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Mission TypeCrewed spaceflight program 1 Launch DateDate of the first crewed Mercury flight, Freedom 7. OutcomeSuccessful; six crewed flights, proving the United States could launch humans into orbit and return them safely. 1 Mission Type
Mission Type (category) Mercury Program
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Maxime Faget, Pioneers Principal designer of the Mercury spacecraft.
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The Mercury spacecraft was the crewed vehicle flown throughout NASA's Mercury Program.
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Wikimedia FoundationProject Mercury, lead section
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963.
- Associated With: Christopher Kraft, Christopher Kraft, lead section
Crewed By: Gus Grissom, Gus Grissom, lead paragraph section
Grissom was the second American to fly in space
- Associated With: Maxime Faget, Maxime Faget, lead section
- Spacecraft Of: Mercury spacecraft, Wikipedia: Project Mercury, lead section
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration- Crewed By: Alan Shepard
- Crewed By: John Glenn
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