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Project Mercury (U.S.)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1958 - 1963

Historical Information

Project Mercury was the first program designed for human spaceflight by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was followed by Projects Gemini and Apollo. With the hopes of successfully placing humans on the moon before the Soviet Union, Project Mercury conducted 20 uncrewed flights and six with astronauts.

Citation

"Project Mercury." Wikipedia.org. Accessed August 31, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Donald  K. Slayton typed manuscript on Project Mercury

 Unprocessed — Box: Communal Collections 73, Placement: 6
Identifier: 20130614.1
Dates: circa 1959
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

William F. Causey Space Exploration Collection

 Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190910.1
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections