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.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Project Mercury spacecraftMercury capsule
- Family Name
- Mercury
- Full Name
- Mercury spacecraft
- Roles
- crewed_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
- Operator
- Spacecraft Specs
- Reusability
- partially_reusable
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/project-mercury/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 09:45:57 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 19, 2026 at 02:46:09 UTC
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