Mercury

 

         

 

the Mercury capsule was the first one man space vehicle

launched by the US in 61-62

 

Mercury capsule atop Redstone rocket in suborbital mode

 

Mercury capsule atop Atlas rocket for orbital missions

 

Mercury space missions

05 05 1961 Mercury MR3
Freedom 7		 Alan Shepard

First US suborbital space flight

 
21 07 1961 Mercury MR4
Liberty Bell 7		 Virgil Grissom

Second suborbital flight, Grissom almost drowned after landing

 
20 02 1962 Mercury MA6
Friendship 7		 John Glenn

First US orbital flight

 
24 05 1962 Mercury MA7
Aurora 7		 Scott Carpenter

Landed 350 km off target

 
03 10 1962 Mercury MA8   
Sigma 7		 Walter Schirra

Completed six orbits

 
15 05 1963 Mercury MA9  
Faith 7		 Gordon Cooper

A day in space, manual reentry

 

 


the Mercury Seven

 

to Gemini

         

 

Man In Space