Project Mercury missions

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
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:firstCrewedMission gptkb:Mercury-Redstone_3
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Project_Gemini
gptkbp:goal investigate human ability to function in space
put a human in orbit around Earth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Project Mercury missions
gptkbp:lastCrewedMission gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_9
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Redstone_rocket
gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_8_(Sigma_7)
Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7)
Mercury-Atlas 7 (Aurora 7)
Mercury-Atlas 9 (Faith 7)
Big Joe 1 (heat shield test)
Little Joe 1 (escape system test)
Little Joe 1A (escape system test)
Little Joe 1B (Miss Sam, rhesus monkey)
Little Joe 2 (Ham's test)
Little Joe 5 (escape system test)
Little Joe 5A (escape system test)
Little Joe 5B (escape system test)
Little Joe 6 (booster test)
Mercury-Atlas 1 (uncrewed, failed)
Mercury-Atlas 2 (uncrewed, successful)
Mercury-Atlas 3 (failed to reach orbit)
Mercury-Atlas 4 (first uncrewed orbital flight)
Mercury-Atlas 5 (Enos the chimpanzee)
Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7)
Mercury-Redstone 1 (uncrewed test)
Mercury-Redstone 2 (Ham the chimpanzee)
Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7)
Mercury-Redstone BD (booster development)
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Alan_Shepard
gptkb:John_Glenn
gptkb:Scott_Carpenter
gptkb:Gus_Grissom
gptkb:Gordon_Cooper
gptkb:Wally_Schirra
Deke Slayton (grounded)
gptkbp:numberOfLaunches 6 crewed missions
20 uncrewed missions
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Project_Mercury
gptkbp:precededBy none
gptkbp:spacecraft gptkb:Mercury_capsule
gptkbp:startDate 1958
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_LC-5
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7