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Project Mercury (1958–1963)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/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