NASA's first crewed spaceflight program, running from 1958 to 1963, which put the first Americans into space and orbit, including Alan Shepard's suborbital flight and John Glenn's first American orbital flight.
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Mission TypeCrewed spaceflight program 1 Launch DateDate of the first crewed Mercury flight, Freedom 7. OutcomeSuccessful; six crewed flights, proving the United States could launch humans into orbit and return them safely. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. NASA History Office
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Wikimedia FoundationProject Mercury, lead sectionQuote, Project Mercury, lead section
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963.
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Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Christopher Kraft, Christopher Kraft, lead sectionView the Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationCrewed By: Gus Grissom, Gus Grissom, lead paragraph sectionQuote, Crewed By: Gus Grissom, Gus Grissom, lead paragraph section
Grissom was the second American to fly in space
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Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Maxime Faget, Maxime Faget, lead sectionView the Source NASA Astronaut Biographies
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationCrewed By: Alan ShepardView the Source NASA Astronaut Biographies
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationCrewed By: John GlennView the Source Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)
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