Project Mercury (1958–1963)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1963
gptkbp:firstAmericanInOrbit gptkb:John_Glenn
gptkbp:firstAmericanInSpace gptkb:Alan_Shepard
gptkbp:firstFlight gptkb:Freedom_7
gptkbp:firstMannedFlightDate 1961-05-05
gptkbp:firstOrbitalFlight gptkb:Friendship_7
gptkbp:firstOrbitalFlightDate 1962-02-20
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Project_Gemini
gptkbp:goal investigate human ability to function in space
put a human in orbit around Earth
recover astronaut and spacecraft safely
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Project Mercury (1958–1963)
gptkbp:locationOfLaunches gptkb:Cape_Canaveral
gptkbp:notableAnimalsInSpace gptkb:Enos_the_Chimpanzee
gptkb:Ham_the_Chimpanzee
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:Aurora_7
gptkb:Big_Joe_1
gptkb:Friendship_7
gptkb:Faith_7
gptkb:Freedom_7
gptkb:Liberty_Bell_7
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:numberOfMannedFlights 6
gptkbp:numberOfUnmannedFlights 20
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:precededBy none
gptkbp:rocketTypesUsed gptkb:Titan
gptkb:Redstone
gptkbp:significance first U.S. human spaceflight program
demonstrated feasibility of human spaceflight
paved way for Gemini and Apollo programs
gptkbp:spacecraft gptkb:Mercury_capsule
gptkbp:startDate 1958
gptkbp:testFlights gptkb:Big_Joe_1
gptkb:Little_Joe_1
gptkb:Little_Joe_2
gptkb:Little_Joe_5
gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_1
gptkb:Mercury-Redstone_1
gptkbp:totalAstronautsFlown 7
gptkbp:totalFlights 26
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Project_Mercury_insignia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6