Project Mercury crewed missions

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate	1963-05-16
gptkbp:firstAppearance	gptkb:Mercury-Redstone_3
gptkbp:goal	investigate man's ability to function in space orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth recover both man and spacecraft safely
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Project Mercury crewed missions
gptkbp:latestReleaseVersion	gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_9
gptkbp:launchVehicle	gptkb:Redstone_rocket gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:mission	gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_7 gptkb:Mercury-Redstone_4 gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_9 gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_6 gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_8 gptkb:Mercury-Redstone_3
gptkbp:missionOutcome	all astronauts returned safely
gptkbp:notableAchievement	first American in space first American to orbit Earth longest Mercury mission: 34 hours (Mercury-Atlas 9)
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Alan_Shepard gptkb:John_Glenn gptkb:Scott_Carpenter gptkb:Gus_Grissom gptkb:Gordon_Cooper gptkb:Wally_Schirra
gptkbp:numberOfLaunches	6
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Project_Mercury
gptkbp:precededBy	uncrewed Mercury test flights
gptkbp:spacecraft	gptkb:Mercury_capsule
gptkbp:startDate	1961-05-05
gptkbp:successor	Project Gemini crewed missions
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Atlas_LV-3
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7