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Retired· NASA· crewed capsule
The Mercury spacecraft's principal designer was Maxime Faget, who started research for manned spaceflight during the time of the NACA.
Launches
17
5 failures
Capsules flown
14
Landings
14 of 15
successful
Fastest turnaround
28 days
for one craft
Latest launch
May 15
on Mercury-Atlas 9
One block per flight, sorted by flights
No.14
14
2
First flight: LJ-5A, 1961
No.8
8
2
First flight: Mercury-Atlas 3, 1961
No.2
2
2
First flight: Mercury-Redstone 1, 1960
No.18
18
1
First flight: Mercury-Atlas 7, 1962
No.16
16
1
First flight: Mercury-Atlas 8, 1962
No.20
20
1
First flight: Mercury-Atlas 9, 1963
No.5
5
1
First flight: Mercury-Redstone 2, 1961
No.4
4
1
First flight: Mercury-Atlas 1, 1960Lost
No.3
3
1
First flight: LJ-5, 1960Lost
No.6
6
1
First flight: Mercury-Atlas 2, 1961
No.7
7
1
First flight: Mercury-Redstone 3, 1961
No.9
9
1
First flight: Mercury-Atlas 5, 1961
No.11
11
1
No.13
13
1
The Mercury spacecraft was the manned capsule used for suborbital and orbital launches during the Project Mercury, the first human spaceflight program of the United States, from 1958 through 1963.
No launches of this spacecraft are on the schedule.
Mercury-Atlas 9National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Atlas LV-3B · Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USALaunch SuccessfulMercury-Atlas 8National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Atlas LV-3B · Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USALaunch SuccessfulMercury-Atlas 7National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Atlas LV-3B · Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USALaunch SuccessfulMercury-Atlas 6National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Atlas LV-3B · Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USALaunch SuccessfulMercury-Atlas 5National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Atlas LV-3B · Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USALaunch SuccessfulSpace Launch Now for iOS and Android
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