Project Mercury

first human spaceflight program of the United States

2016 film directed by Theodore Melfi

1983 film by Philip Kaufman

chimpanzee launched into outer space

first United States human spaceflight, on May 5, 1961

crewed spacecraft

group of seven Mercury astronauts

test flight of the Redstone rocket and Mercury spacecraft

short-range ballistic missile

test flight of the Redstone rocket and Mercury spacecraft

1960s American crewed suborbital rocket

test flight of the Redstone rocket and Mercury spacecraft

thirteen American women who underwent testing similar to the astronauts selected by NASA for Project Mercury

test flight of the Redstone rocket during Project Mercury

first chimpanzee to orbit Earth

solid-fuel booster rocket used during Project Mercury

launch escape system test flight during Project Mercury

equipment and biology test flight during Project Mercury

capsule reentry test flight during Project Mercury

former rocket launch site in Brevard County, Florida

launch escape system and biology test flight during Project Mercury

launch escape system test flight during Project Mercury

launch escape system test flight during Project Mercury

Belizean American mechanical engineer (1921–2004)

group of NASA engineers working on the crewed spaceflight program starting in 1958

test flight of a Scout rocket during Project Mercury

launch escape system test flight during Project Mercury

television series

former rocket launch site in Brevard County, Florida

launch escape system test flight during Project Mercury

launch escape system test flight during Project Mercury

launch escape system test during Project Mercury

American nurse, first aerospace nurse to NASA's first astronauts

spacecraft; nonfunctional craft or payload

American drama television miniseries