Project Mercury
first human spaceflight program of the United States
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Project Mercury was a program of the United States.
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Instance of: human spaceflight program[4]
- Operator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration[5]
- Named after: Mercury[6]
- Commons category: Mercury program[7]
- Has part(s): Little Joe 1[8], Big Joe 1[9], Little Joe 6[10], Little Joe 1A[11], Little Joe 2[12], Little Joe 1B[13], Beach Abort[14], Mercury-Atlas 1[15], Little Joe 5[16], Mercury-Redstone 1[17], Mercury-Redstone 1A[18], Mercury-Redstone 2[19], Mercury-Atlas 2[20], Little Joe 5A[21]
- Start time: 1958[22]
- End time: 1963[23]
- Significant event: maiden flight[24], last flight[25], success[26], failure[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Project Mercury[28]
- Commons gallery: Project Mercury[29]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[30]
- Topic has template: Template:Project Mercury[31]
- Start point: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station[32], Wallops Flight Facility[33]
- Official name: Project Mercury[34]
- Native label: Mercury[35]
- Duration: 1 day[36]
- Capital cost: 277,000,000 US dollars[37]
- Uses: Atlas LV-3B[38], Big Joe 1[39], RM-90 Blue Scout II[40], Little Joe[41], Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle[42], Mercury[43]
- Has goal: orbital spaceflight[44], human spaceflight[45], sub-orbital spaceflight[46]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[47]
Why It Matters
Project Mercury has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]