Mercury program - National Air and Space Museum
27 Dec 2024 at 4:40pm
Project Mercury was the United States' first program to put people in space. Beginning in 1958 and completed in 1963, the program made six crewed flights and marked the start of human spaceflight in the United States.
What was the Mercury Program? - National Air and Space Museum
27 Dec 2024 at 4:33pm
While the Mercury 7 were the most famous faces of project Mercury, they were supported by scores of people on the ground?including mathematicians like Katherine Johnson. Johnson, known today as a ?hidden figure,? was referred to as a ?human computer.? She was a mathematician who calculated the spacecraft trajectories for Project Mercury.
Mercury Primate Capsule and Ham the Astrochimp
28 Dec 2024 at 5:50pm
A History of Project Mercury details what happened next: At nineteen hours before launch these two animals were put on low-residue diets, fitted with biosensors, and checked out in their pressurized couch-cabins. Seven and one-half hours before the flight a second physical examination was given, followed by more sensor and psychomotor tests.
Motor, Solid Fuel, Project Mercury Retro; also Designated TE-316
24 Dec 2024 at 8:37am
Shown here is a retro rocket used to decelerate manned spacecraft in orbit in preparation for re-entry into the earth's atmosphere during NASA's Project Mercury in the 1960s. NASA acquired the engine on contract from the Thiokol Chemical Corporation's Elkton, Maryland production plant. The rocket produced a thrust of 1,000 pounds for ten seconds.
Medal, Commemorative, Project Mercury, Vienna Mint
7 Dec 2024 at 12:21am
Project Mercury was NASA's first human spaceflight program. Alan Shepard, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, John Glenn, and M. Scott Carpenter were the first four astronauts to fly in the program. Alan Shepard was the first American in space in a suborbital flight in May 1961, and Gus Grissom was the second in another suborbital flight in July 1961.
Enos: The Forgotten Chimp | National Air and Space Museum
27 Dec 2024 at 4:33pm
Launch of Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) carrying Enos. (NASA) In front of Enos were three levers and several lights. Because he was to fly a three-orbit mission lasting nearly five hours?the prime objective for an astronaut in Project Mercury?he had a more elaborate set of cognitive tests than Ham, whose suborbital flight lasted 18 minutes.
What was the Gemini Program? | National Air and Space Museum
25 Dec 2024 at 1:14pm
The Gemini spacecraft began as the Mercury Mark II, an enlarged capsule made by McDonnell Aircraft in St. Louis. As contractor for the Mercury spacecraft, the company had experience vital to Gemini?s success.
Heat Shield Sample, Mercury MA-7 - National Air and Space Museum
25 Dec 2024 at 6:34am
This heat shield is a sample from Scott Carpenter's "Aurora 7" spacecraft. An Atlas launch vehicle launched Carpenter on a three-orbit mission called Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) on May 24, 1962, the second U.S. manned orbital flight. The NASA Johnson Space Center gave this sample to the Smithsonian in 1978. Display Status
Project Mercury "Big Joe" Installation Records (Eiband Collection)
25 Mar 2022 at 6:38am
Before launching a manned flight NASA planned a series of unmanned launches with the Mercury spacecraft/launch vehicle combinations to insure the success of later manned flights. The first successful launch of an instrumented Mercury boiler plate capsule, dubbed 'Big Joe' occurred on 9 September 1959 on an Atlas-10D booster from Cape Canaveral.
Simulator, Mercury Procedures Trainer - National Air and Space Museum
22 Dec 2024 at 8:03am
This simulator was used by astronauts in Project Mercury, the United States' first human space flight program. Astronauts spent many hours of training in this and other simulators to practice spacecraft operations and procedures.
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27 Dec 2024 at 4:40pm
Project Mercury was the United States' first program to put people in space. Beginning in 1958 and completed in 1963, the program made six crewed flights and marked the start of human spaceflight in the United States.
What was the Mercury Program? - National Air and Space Museum
27 Dec 2024 at 4:33pm
While the Mercury 7 were the most famous faces of project Mercury, they were supported by scores of people on the ground?including mathematicians like Katherine Johnson. Johnson, known today as a ?hidden figure,? was referred to as a ?human computer.? She was a mathematician who calculated the spacecraft trajectories for Project Mercury.
Mercury Primate Capsule and Ham the Astrochimp
28 Dec 2024 at 5:50pm
A History of Project Mercury details what happened next: At nineteen hours before launch these two animals were put on low-residue diets, fitted with biosensors, and checked out in their pressurized couch-cabins. Seven and one-half hours before the flight a second physical examination was given, followed by more sensor and psychomotor tests.
Motor, Solid Fuel, Project Mercury Retro; also Designated TE-316
24 Dec 2024 at 8:37am
Shown here is a retro rocket used to decelerate manned spacecraft in orbit in preparation for re-entry into the earth's atmosphere during NASA's Project Mercury in the 1960s. NASA acquired the engine on contract from the Thiokol Chemical Corporation's Elkton, Maryland production plant. The rocket produced a thrust of 1,000 pounds for ten seconds.
Medal, Commemorative, Project Mercury, Vienna Mint
7 Dec 2024 at 12:21am
Project Mercury was NASA's first human spaceflight program. Alan Shepard, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, John Glenn, and M. Scott Carpenter were the first four astronauts to fly in the program. Alan Shepard was the first American in space in a suborbital flight in May 1961, and Gus Grissom was the second in another suborbital flight in July 1961.
Enos: The Forgotten Chimp | National Air and Space Museum
27 Dec 2024 at 4:33pm
Launch of Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) carrying Enos. (NASA) In front of Enos were three levers and several lights. Because he was to fly a three-orbit mission lasting nearly five hours?the prime objective for an astronaut in Project Mercury?he had a more elaborate set of cognitive tests than Ham, whose suborbital flight lasted 18 minutes.
What was the Gemini Program? | National Air and Space Museum
25 Dec 2024 at 1:14pm
The Gemini spacecraft began as the Mercury Mark II, an enlarged capsule made by McDonnell Aircraft in St. Louis. As contractor for the Mercury spacecraft, the company had experience vital to Gemini?s success.
Heat Shield Sample, Mercury MA-7 - National Air and Space Museum
25 Dec 2024 at 6:34am
This heat shield is a sample from Scott Carpenter's "Aurora 7" spacecraft. An Atlas launch vehicle launched Carpenter on a three-orbit mission called Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) on May 24, 1962, the second U.S. manned orbital flight. The NASA Johnson Space Center gave this sample to the Smithsonian in 1978. Display Status
Project Mercury "Big Joe" Installation Records (Eiband Collection)
25 Mar 2022 at 6:38am
Before launching a manned flight NASA planned a series of unmanned launches with the Mercury spacecraft/launch vehicle combinations to insure the success of later manned flights. The first successful launch of an instrumented Mercury boiler plate capsule, dubbed 'Big Joe' occurred on 9 September 1959 on an Atlas-10D booster from Cape Canaveral.
Simulator, Mercury Procedures Trainer - National Air and Space Museum
22 Dec 2024 at 8:03am
This simulator was used by astronauts in Project Mercury, the United States' first human space flight program. Astronauts spent many hours of training in this and other simulators to practice spacecraft operations and procedures.
WHAT IS THIS? This is an unscreened compilation of results from several search engines. The sites listed are not necessarily recommended by Surfnetkids.com.
