Mercury spacecraft
The Mercury spacecraft was the one-person capsule developed for the first United States human-spaceflight program. Fifteen physical flight articles in the production-number sequence supported abort, launch-vehicle, reentry, primate, and crewed tests from 1960 through 1963. Six capsules carried astronauts; earlier uncrewed vehicles qualified the escape, heat-shield, recovery, and life-support systems that made those flights possible.
Identity
- Aliases
- Project Mercury spacecraftMercury capsule
- Family Name
- Mercury
- Full Name
- Mercury spacecraft
- Reusability
- partially_reusable
- Slug
- mercury-spacecraft
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- The Mercury spacecraft was the one-person capsule developed for the first United States human-spaceflight program. Fifteen physical flight articles in the production-number sequence supported abort, launch-vehicle, reentry, primate, and crewed tests from 1960 through 1963. Six capsules carried astronauts; earlier uncrewed vehicles qualified the escape, heat-shield, recovery, and life-support systems that made those flights possible.
- First Flight Year
- 1,960
- Last Flight Year
- 1,963
- Manufacturer Id
- jd7dn1pccd488zm13zggn4eqch89nyx0
- Operator Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/project-mercury/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 9:45:57 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 7:00:33 PM