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Initial American crewed spaceflight program (1958–1963)
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its
Project_Mercury
American musical group
The Mercury Program is an American musical group composed of Dave Lebleu on drums, Sander Travisano on bass guitar, Tom Reno on guitar, and Whit Travisano
The_Mercury_Program
Topics referred to by the same term
The Mercury program was Project Mercury, the first successful American crewed spaceflight program, 1958–63. Mercury Program may also refer to: The Mercury
Mercury program (disambiguation)
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Functional logic programming language
Mercury is a functional logic programming language made for real-world uses. The first version was developed at the University of Melbourne, Computer
Mercury (programming language)
Mercury_(programming_language)
Topics referred to by the same term
up Mercury or mercury in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mercury most commonly refers to: Mercury (planet), the closest planet to the Sun Mercury (element)
Mercury
Group of American astronauts chosen in 1959
decades to come. All of the Mercury Seven eventually flew in space. They piloted the six spaceflights of the Mercury program that had an astronaut on board
Mercury_Seven
Group of American women who passed astronaut screening tests
The Mercury 13 were thirteen American women who in 1959–60 took part in a privately funded research program run by physician William Randolph Lovelace
Mercury_13
1961–1972 American crewed lunar exploration program
crewed spacecraft, the Apollo command and service module, succeeding the Mercury program. A lunar landing became the focus of the program only in 1961. Thereafter
Apollo_program
1963 NASA Mercury program crewed flight
Mercury-Atlas 9 was the final crewed space mission of the U.S. Mercury program, launched on May 15, 1963, from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida
Mercury-Atlas_9
First United States human spaceflight (1961)
the model number for the McDonnell Model #7 space capsule used in the Mercury Program. His spacecraft reached an altitude of 101.2 nautical miles (116
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Manned NASA spacecraft
Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) was the fifth United States crewed space mission, part of NASA's Mercury program. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., orbited the
Mercury-Atlas_8
1961 American space flight
Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) was the test flight of the Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle just prior to the first crewed American space mission in Project Mercury
Mercury-Redstone_2
1961–1966 US human spaceflight program
the second United States human spaceflight program to fly. It was conducted after the first American crewed space program, Project Mercury, while the
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British rock singer and songwriter (1946–1991)
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer, songwriter and pianist who achieved global fame as the lead
Freddie_Mercury
Unmanned spaceflight in 1961
Mercury-Atlas 3 (MA-3) was an unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched unmanned on April 25, 1961 at 16:15 UTC, from Launch Complex
Mercury-Atlas_3
Chemical element with atomic number 80 (Hg)
to mercury and mercury-containing organic compounds is toxic to the nervous system, immune system and kidneys of humans and other animals; mercury poisoning
Mercury_(element)
1961 American spaceflight of the Mercury program
Mercury-Atlas 5 was an American spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched on November 29, 1961, with Enos, a chimpanzee, aboard. The craft orbited
Mercury-Atlas_5
Daily newspaper published in California
The Mercury News (formerly San Jose Mercury News; often locally known as The Merc) is a morning daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, in the
The_Mercury_News
1960s American crewed suborbital rocket
The Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, designed for NASA's Project Mercury, was the first American crewed space booster. It was used for six sub-orbital
Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle
Mercury-Redstone_Launch_Vehicle
1979 nonfiction book by Tom Wolfe
aircraft as well as documenting the stories of the first astronauts selected for the NASA's Project Mercury program. The Right Stuff is based on extensive
The_Right_Stuff_(book)
Topics referred to by the same term
Mercury mission may refer to: Exploration of Mercury, a mission to the planet Mercury Project Mercury, a mission of the NASA Mercury program Mission to
Mercury_mission
searching. Mercury introduced as a crystal structure visualizer having the facilities for exploring the intermolecular contacts. The mercury program entirely
Mercury_(crystallography)
Family of American missiles and space launch vehicles
and Mars (1962–1973); and to launch ten of the Mercury program missions (1962–1963).[citation needed] The first successful test launch of an SM-65 Atlas
Atlas_(rocket_family)
1962 crewed spaceflight within NASA's Project Mercury
least in part, for the landing error. Carpenter left NASA for the Navy SEALAB program in 1964. The original pilot selected for Mercury Atlas-7 was to have
Mercury-Atlas_7
2002 studio album by The Mercury Program
A Data Learn the Language is the third studio album by American post-rock band The Mercury Program, released in 2002 on Tiger Style Records. AllMusic
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Project Mercury subprogram using the Atlas LV-3B launch vehicle (1960-1963)
Mercury-Atlas was a subprogram of Project Mercury that included most of the flights and tests using the Atlas LV-3B launch vehicle. The Atlas was also
Mercury-Atlas
Automobile marque of the Ford Motor Company
Mercury was a brand of medium-priced automobiles that was produced by American manufacturer Ford Motor Company between the 1939 and 2011 motor years. Created
Mercury_(automobile)
Space travel by primates
Chimpanzees Ham and Enos also flew in the Mercury program, with Ham becoming the first great ape or Hominidae in space. The names "Sam" and "Ham" were acronyms
Monkeys_and_apes_in_space
Topics referred to by the same term
Mercury project may refer to: Project Mercury, the first human spaceflight program of the U.S., 1958–1963 Project Mercury (album), by Rosetta and Balboa
Mercury_project
astronauts (the era of Soyuz astronauts after the end of Space Shuttle era is excluded). Project Mercury (1959–1963) was the first human spaceflight program of
List of United States Marine Corps astronauts
List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_astronauts
2001 EP by The Mercury Program
All the Suits Began to Fall Off is an EP by American post-rock band The Mercury Program, released in 2001 on Boxcar Records. Allmusic called it an "excessively
All the Suits Began to Fall Off
All_the_Suits_Began_to_Fall_Off
American space launch vehicle
The Atlas LV-3B, Atlas D Mercury Launch Vehicle or Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle, was a human-rated expendable launch system used as part of the United
Atlas_LV-3B
List of space missions by NASA
flybys of Mercury; first spacecraft to Mercury Discovery program Discovery 7 – MESSENGER, launched August 2004, completed – first to orbit Mercury Mariner
List_of_NASA_missions
American rock band
Gainesville, FL's The Mercury Program) in 2003 - both released by Kindercore. Shortly thereafter Athens-based Hello Sir Records released the Towers Were Wires
Maserati_(band)
First American orbital spaceflight
Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) was the first crewed American orbital spaceflight, which took place on February 20, 1962. Piloted by astronaut John Glenn and operated
Mercury-Atlas_6
American astronaut (1923–1998)
one of NASA's original Mercury Seven astronauts in 1959, and in May 1961 he made the first crewed Project Mercury flight, Mercury-Redstone 3, in a spacecraft
Alan_Shepard
Airborne command post aircraft by Boeing based on 707 airframe
The Boeing E-6 Mercury (formerly E-6 Hermes) is an airborne command post and communications relay based on the Boeing 707-300. The original E-6A manufactured
Boeing_E-6_Mercury
First great ape launched into space (1957–1983)
of the U.S. space program's Project Mercury. Ham was known as "No. 65" before he safely returned to Earth, when he was named after an acronym for the laboratory
Ham_(chimpanzee)
First aerospace nurse to NASA's first astronauts
O'Hara was the official nurse to the Mercury Seven astronauts and their families, continuing to support the Gemini Program, Apollo astronauts and Skylab. O'Hara
Dee_O'Hara
First successful orbital launch of the Mercury capsule
Mercury-Atlas 4 (MA-4) was an uncrewed test flight within NASA's Project Mercury program, launched on September 13, 1961, at 14:04:16 UTC from Cape Canaveral
Mercury-Atlas_4
1961 uncrewed test flight
Mercury-Atlas 2 (MA-2) was an uncrewed test flight of the Mercury program using the Atlas rocket. It launched on February 21, 1961, at 14:10 UTC, from
Mercury-Atlas_2
Organomercury chemical compound
severe mercury poisoning resulting in death. The compound was one of the earliest organometallics reported, reflecting its considerable stability. The compound
Dimethylmercury
Poisoning caused by mercury chemicals
Mercury poisoning is a type of metal poisoning due to exposure to mercury. Symptoms depend upon the type, dose, method, and duration of exposure. They
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Mexico The Locust Macseal Make Believe Maps & Atlases Marmozets Marnie Stern The Mars Volta Maserati Maybeshewill Meet Me In St Louis The Mercury Program A
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Cancelled American space mission
Mercury-Atlas 10 (MA-10) was a cancelled early crewed space mission, which would have been the last flight in NASA's Mercury program. It was planned as
Mercury-Atlas_10
Hypothetical device to cause seismic events
Nature these programs had been "unofficially known to Western geophysicists for several years". According to the story the Mercury program began in 1987
Tectonic_weapon
Additional uncrewed booster development flight
Mercury-Redstone BD was an uncrewed booster development flight in the U.S. Mercury program. It was launched on March 24, 1961, from Launch Complex 5 at
Mercury-Redstone_BD
Radio antenna ground station in Spain
spaceflight mission, the Mercury Program, one of 14 such stations in the Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN) distributed around the globe. It came into
Maspalomas_Station
1983 film directed by Philip Kaufman
May 15, 1963, Cooper has a successful launch on Mercury-Atlas 9, which ends the Mercury program. As the last American to fly into space alone, he "went
The_Right_Stuff_(film)
Ford Motor Company car model
The Mercury Cougar is a series of automobiles that was sold by Mercury from 1967 to 2002. The model line is a diverse series of vehicles; though the Cougar
Mercury_Cougar
American aviator and astronaut (1931–2019)
the Mercury 13, a group of women who underwent physiological screening tests at the same time as the original Mercury Seven astronauts, and was the first
Jerrie_Cobb
Car model
The Mercury Cyclone is an automobile that was marketed by the Mercury division of Ford from 1964 to 1971. Introduced in 1964 as the Mercury Comet Cyclone
Mercury_Cyclone
2009 studio album by The Mercury Program
Chez Viking is the fourth studio album by American post-rock band The Mercury Program, released in 2009 on Lovitt Records; seven years after their previous
Chez_Viking
NASA test rocket (1960)
Mercury-Atlas 1 (MA-1) was the first attempt to launch a Mercury capsule and occurred on July 29, 1960 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft was uncrewed
Mercury-Atlas_1
Sending probes to the solar system's smallest major planet
The exploration of Mercury has long had a minor role in the space interests of the world. It is the least explored inner planet. As of 2025, the Mariner
Exploration_of_Mercury
1960 launch escape system test in the U.S. Mercury program
The Little Joe 1B was a launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The mission also carried a
Little_Joe_1B
Traditional first example of a computer programming language
A "Hello, world" program is usually a simple computer program that outputs a message similar to "Hello, world". The text may be printed out or displayed
Hello,_world
Month of 1959
for the first time on May 25 to concentrate on NASA's long-range objectives, particularly the issue of a flight program to follow Project Mercury. H.
April_1959
Former independent repertory theatre company in New York City
The company produced theatrical presentations, radio programs and motion pictures. The Mercury also released promptbooks and phonographic recordings
Mercury_Theatre
Museum in Florida about the US space program
visitors went through that first year. As the American space program's popularity grew with the Mercury Program and Alan Shepard's historic launch, large
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Kennedy_Space_Center_Visitor_Complex
Motor vehicle
The Mercury Villager is a minivan that was marketed by Mercury from 1993 to 2002. Taking its name used by Mercury to denote its wood-trimmed station wagons
Mercury_Villager
Radio series
celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The_Mercury_Theatre_on_the_Air
Sky from planet Mercury
Astronomy on Mercury is the sky as viewed from the planet Mercury. Because Mercury only has a thin atmosphere, the sky will be black. Due to the proximity
Astronomy_on_Mercury
ESA/JAXA mission to study Mercury in orbit (2018–present)
of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to the planet Mercury. The mission comprises two orbiters: the Mercury
BepiColombo
Japanese anime television series
The Witch from Mercury (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Suisei no Majo) is a Japanese mecha anime television series and the fifteenth
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
Mobile_Suit_Gundam:_The_Witch_from_Mercury
Mercury is a programming language based on VB.Net and developed by RemObjects Software. Mercury is a commercial product and is the sixth language supported
Mercury (RemObjects BASIC programming language)
Mercury_(RemObjects_BASIC_programming_language)
Potential hazard from consuming fish
The presence of mercury in fish is a health concern for people who eat them, especially for women who are or may become pregnant, nursing mothers, and
Mercury_in_fish
Unincorporated community in Nevada, US
Mercury is a closed village in Nye County, Nevada, United States, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of U.S. Route 95 at a point 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Las
Mercury,_Nevada
Uncrewed suborbital test-flight of the Mercury spacecraft
Mercury-Redstone 1A (MR-1A) was launched on December 19, 1960 from LC-5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission objectives of this uncrewed suborbital
Mercury-Redstone_1A
Type of algorithm in computer science
Archived from the original on 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2007-07-02. "Determinism categories in the Mercury programming language". Archived from the original on
Deterministic_algorithm
Uncrewed boilerplate Mercury program capsule
uncrewed boilerplate Mercury capsule from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 9 September 1959. The purposes of the Big Joe 1 were to test the Mercury spacecraft ablative
Big_Joe_1
Documentary film about early women astronauts
Mercury 13 is a 2018 documentary film about the Mercury 13, thirteen American woman pilots who in 1960 took and passed the same tests given the previous
Mercury_13_(film)
American astronaut (1923–2007)
was the first astronaut to go into space three times, and the only astronaut to have flown into space in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. In
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Experiment The Lively Ones Long Distance Calling Los Angeles League of Musicians Lymbyc Systym Maserati Maybeshewill The Mercury Program The Mermen Metavari
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Launch site of manned Project Mercury flights
documents of the Mercury program. The time capsule is scheduled to be opened in 2464, 500 years after the official conclusion of the program. With its withdrawal
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14
Cape_Canaveral_Launch_Complex_14
1938 radio drama by Orson Welles
"The War of the Worlds" was a Halloween episode of the radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air which was broadcast live at 8 pm ET on October 30,
The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama)
The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)
NASA Project Mercury capsule qualification test booster rocket
test the launch escape system and heat shield for Project Mercury capsules, as well as the name given to the test program using the booster. The first
Little_Joe_(rocket)
Canadian publisher
The Mercury Press is a Canadian publishing company which publishes literary fiction, poetry, and non-fiction works by Canadians. Mercury has a substantial
The_Mercury_Press
American public radio magazine program
Here & Now) is a public radio magazine program produced by NPR and WBUR-FM in Boston and distributed across the United States by NPR to over 450 stations
Here_and_Now_(Boston)
Former spacecraft control center at Cape Canaveral, Florida
80.582562°W / 28.463082; -80.582562 The Mercury Control Center (also known as Building 1385 or simply MCC) was the facility responsible for control and
Mercury_Control_Center
Facility at Kennedy Space Center honoring American astronauts
spaceflight in these early programs. The first group (the inaugural class of 1990) would only include the original Mercury astronauts (most of whom would
United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
United_States_Astronaut_Hall_of_Fame
Newspaper in Maitland, New South Wales
1842). The Maitland Mercury was established in 1843 when it was called The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. The Maitland Mercury is still
Maitland_Mercury
Toxic mercury compound known as 'corrosive sublimate'
Mercury(II) chloride (mercury bichloride,[citation needed] mercury dichloride, mercuric chloride), historically also sulema or corrosive sublimate, is
Mercury(II)_chloride
Type of spacecraft
solid-fuel rocket to the parachute lines. It fired as the descent module neared touchdown, providing a softer landing. The Mercury program was the United States'
Space_capsule
2022 animated film by Richard Linklater
about the future. Stanley enthusiastically learns about the Mercury program and the then-ongoing Apollo program, and speculates with classmates on the existence
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Apollo_10½:_A_Space_Age_Childhood
Hypothesized natural satellite orbiting Mercury
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and lacks any natural satellites. An undiscovered moon orbiting the planet was hypothesized to exist in the early
Hypothetical_moon_of_Mercury
Nonprofit organization
Pure Earth's work focuses on two key pollutants: lead and mercury. The Global Lead Program works on reducing lead poisoning from three key sources poisoning
Pure_Earth
1940s class of aircraft carrier of the United States Navy
Mercury spacecraft, Mercury-Atlas 8 (Sigma 7), on 3 October 1962, and Mercury-Atlas 9 (Faith 7), on 16 May 1963. When the Mercury program's successor, Project
Essex-class_aircraft_carrier
canceled and the components recycled into the Voskhod program, which was intended to achieve more Soviet firsts in space. Project Mercury was the first human
Human_spaceflight_programs
First Gemini program spacelaunch
This made obsolete the heavy escape tower used in the Mercury program; instead, ejection seats could be used. The primary goal of the first Gemini mission
Gemini_1
1961 American crewed sub-orbital spaceflight
Mercury-Redstone 4 was the second United States human spaceflight, on July 21, 1961. The suborbital Project Mercury flight was launched with a Mercury-Redstone
Mercury-Redstone_4
American astronaut (1926–1967)
and one of the original Mercury Seven selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for Project Mercury, a program to train and
Gus_Grissom
Arrival of a spacecraft on the Moon's surface
spaceflights in the early 1960s placed a single person in low Earth orbit during the Soviet Vostok and U.S. Mercury programs. A two-flight extension of the Vostok
Moon_landing
American basketball player (born 1996)
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury with the 13th overall pick in the 2019 WNBA draft, Cunningham played for the team in her first six seasons in the WNBA, developing
Sophie_Cunningham
American spaceport in Virginia
1959 and 1961, Project Mercury capsules were tested at Wallops in support of NASA's crewed space flight program – the Mercury program – before astronauts
Wallops_Flight_Facility
Month of 1959
Out of this number, 53 volunteered for the Mercury program, and 32 of the 53 were selected for further testing. The committee agreed there was no further
February_1959
American coal-fired power plant
the astronauts of the Mercury program reported that they could see two human-constructed things from space: one was the Great Wall of China and the other
Four Corners Generating Station
Four_Corners_Generating_Station
American astronaut (1924–1993)
engineer, test pilot, and one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts. He went on to become NASA's first chief of the Astronaut Office and director of
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2011 TV series or program
The Mercury Men is a 2011 web series produced for the Syfy network by writer/director Christopher Preksta. It is shot in a retro, 1950s style, in black
The_Mercury_Men
Automobile brand of the Ford Motor Company
expansion of the Lincoln–Mercury Division (re-christened as the Mercury–Edsel–Lincoln Division), Edsel shared a price range with Mercury and its bodies
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