OTD in space – March 24: Mercury-Redstone BD rocket launches on uncrewed test flight

On March 24, 1961, NASA's Mercury Redstone rocket launched on its last uncrewed flight before it started sending astronauts ...
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OTD In Space - May 15: Last Flight Of NASA's Mercury Program

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On May 15, 1963, NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper launched on the sixth and final crewed flight of the Mercury Program. This was also ...
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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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Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne: Two Different Missions that Shaped the Space Race (Part 2)

Part 2 explores the dramatically different approaches to the launch systems, and the surprising similarities in the factors that contributed to their success. Although they served very different ...