First Project Mercury space capsule is completed at McDonnell Aircraft Corp. St Louis, Missouri, and was ready to be delivered to National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Wallop's station, ...
NASA's Mercury astronauts were seven highly skilled professional test pilots. Each of them seemed to possess the strength of character and commitment necessary to overcome apparently insurmountable ...
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The Mercury mission that forced NASA to rely on human piloting skills
One of the most remarkable moments in early space exploration occurred during the final mission of NASA’s Mercury program. Astronaut Gordon “Gordo” Cooper spent more than a day in orbit aboard the ...
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