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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Space_Shuttle
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gptkbp:crew
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gptkb:Wally_Schirra
gptkb:Gordon_Cooper
gptkb:John_Glenn
gptkb:Alan_Shepard
gptkb:Deke_Slayton
gptkb:Scott_Carpenter
gptkb:Gus_Grissom
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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inspired films and books
inspired public fascination with space
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gptkbp:ended
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gptkb:1963
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gptkbp:first_american_orbital_flight
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yes
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gptkbp:first_flight
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gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_6
gptkb:John_Glenn
gptkb:Alan_Shepard
gptkb:Yuri_Gagarin
gptkb:Mercury-Redstone_3
May 5, 1961
May 15, 1963
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gptkbp:funding
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gptkb:United_States_government
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gptkbp:gender
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gptkb:Valentina_Tereshkova
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gptkbp:goal
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gptkb:human_spaceflight
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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pioneered human spaceflight
first step in human space exploration
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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NASA's Mercury program
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:International_Space_Station
gptkb:Apollo_program
gptkb:Space_Shuttle
future space programs
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gptkbp:last_flight_name
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gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_9
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gptkbp:launch_vehicle
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gptkb:Atlas_rocket
gptkb:Redstone_rocket
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gptkbp:managed_by
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gptkb:NASA
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gptkbp:mission
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gptkb:20
gptkb:6
gptkb:Houston,_Texas
gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_9
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gptkbp:notable_achievement
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first American in space
first American orbital flight
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gptkbp:notable_technology
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gptkb:communication_systems
gptkb:launch_escape_system
navigation systems
life support systems
reentry capsules
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gptkbp:number_of_astronauts
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gptkb:7
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gptkbp:number_of_manned_flights
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gptkb:6
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gptkbp:objective
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test human capabilities in space
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gptkbp:operated_by
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gptkb:NASA
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gptkbp:program_predecessor
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gptkb:Project_Vanguard
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gptkbp:program_successor
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gptkb:Gemini_program
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gptkbp:public_interest
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high
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gptkbp:spacecraft
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gptkb:Mercury_capsule
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gptkbp:started_in
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gptkb:1958
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:NASA's_Gemini_program
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gptkbp:total_astronauts
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gptkb:7
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gptkbp:training_ground
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yes
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gptkbp:training_programs
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gptkb:Cape_Canaveral
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Vostok_program
gptkb:New_Shepard
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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