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