Mercury program

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mercury_program

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:crewed_spaceflight
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crew	7
gptkbp:endDate	1963
gptkbp:firstAstronaut	gptkb:Alan_Shepard
gptkbp:firstFlight	gptkb:Freedom_7
gptkbp:firstMannedFlightDate	1961-05-05
gptkbp:flightNumber	6
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Gemini_program
gptkbp:goal	investigate human ability to function in space put a human in orbit around Earth
gptkbp:lastAstronaut	gptkb:Gordon_Cooper
gptkbp:lastMannedFlight	gptkb:Faith_7
gptkbp:lastMannedFlightDate	1963-05-15
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center gptkb:Cape_Canaveral
gptkbp:logo	gptkb:Project_Mercury_insignia
gptkbp:notableAchievement	first American in space first American to orbit Earth first U.S. manned orbital flight
gptkbp:notableMission	gptkb:Aurora_7 gptkb:Friendship_7 gptkb:Faith_7 gptkb:Freedom_7 gptkb:Liberty_Bell_7 gptkb:MA-6 gptkb:MA-7 gptkb:MA-8 gptkb:MA-9 gptkb:Sigma_7
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Alan_Shepard gptkb:John_Glenn gptkb:Scott_Carpenter gptkb:Gus_Grissom gptkb:Deke_Slayton gptkb:Gordon_Cooper gptkb:Wally_Schirra
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:precededBy	none
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Space_Race gptkb:Soviet_Vostok_program
gptkbp:rocketUsed	gptkb:Atlas_LV-3B gptkb:Redstone
gptkbp:spacecraft	gptkb:Mercury_capsule
gptkbp:startDate	1958
gptkbp:status	completed
gptkbp:website	https://www.nasa.gov/mercury
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Gene_Kranz gptkb:Space_Race gptkb:Gemini_program gptkb:Space_Program
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Mercury program