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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Space_Shuttle
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gptkbp:budget
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$277 million
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gptkbp:collaboration
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gptkb:none
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:crew
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gptkb:John_Glenn
gptkb:Alan_Shepard
gptkb:Gus_Grissom
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gptkbp:crew_capacity
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gptkb:1
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gptkbp:developed_by
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gptkb:NASA
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gptkbp:duration
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1958-1963
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gptkbp:end_date
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gptkb:1963
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gptkbp:famous_quote
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" To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit."
" The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever."
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gptkbp:first_crewed_spaceflight
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gptkb:Freedom_7
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gptkbp:first_flight
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gptkb:Mercury-6
gptkb:John_Glenn
gptkb:Alan_Shepard
gptkb:Faith_7
gptkb:Freedom_7
gptkb:Mercury-Redstone_3
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gptkbp:first_manned_flight_date
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May 5, 1961
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gptkbp:goal
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gptkb:human_spaceflight
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gptkbp:has_programs
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gptkb:Maxime_Faget
gptkb:Chris_Kraft
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Mercury program
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gptkbp:inspiration
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gptkb:NASA's_Artemis_program
gptkb:NASA's_Apollo_program
commercial spaceflight initiatives
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gptkbp:last_crewed_spaceflight
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gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_9
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gptkbp:last_manned_flight_date
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May 15, 1963
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gptkbp:launch_date
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gptkb:1958
1958-1963
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gptkbp:launch_site
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gptkb:Launch_Complex_5
gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station
gptkb:Launch_Complex_14
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gptkbp:launch_vehicle
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gptkb:Atlas_rocket
gptkb:Redstone
gptkb:Redstone_rocket
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gptkbp:launched
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gptkb:1958
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gptkbp:legacy
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paved the way for future space programs
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gptkbp:mission
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gptkb:Mercury_Control_Center
gptkb:0
gptkb:14
gptkb:20
gptkb:6
May 15, 1963
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gptkbp:notable_mission
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gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_6
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gptkbp:number_of_manned_flights
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gptkb:6
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gptkbp:operated_by
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gptkb:NASA
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gptkbp:operates_in
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1950s
1958 to 1963
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gptkbp:predecessor_program
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gptkb:Project_Vanguard
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gptkbp:result
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published in 1965
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gptkbp:significance
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gptkb:first_U._S._human_spaceflight_program
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gptkbp:spacecraft
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gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_9
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gptkbp:suborbital_missions
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gptkb:6
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gptkbp:success_rate
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100%
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Gemini_program
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gptkbp:training_programs
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gptkb:Cape_Canaveral
gptkb:Johnson_Space_Center
gptkb:Langley_Research_Center
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:John_Glenn
gptkb:NASA
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
|
3
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