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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:spacecraft
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Cold_War
Space Race
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gptkbp:controls
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manual and automatic
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gptkbp:coolingSystem
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phenolic resin
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gptkbp:crewCapacity
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1
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gptkbp:depictedIn
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museums
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gptkbp:designedBy
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NASA
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gptkbp:diameter
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1.83 m
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gptkbp:featuredIn
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documentaries
films
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gptkbp:firstFlight
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gptkb:Gordon_Cooper
gptkb:Alan_Shepard
1963-05-15
1961-05-05
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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first U.S. human spaceflight program
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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modified Mercury capsule
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gptkbp:influenced
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future spacecraft designs
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:X-15_program
gptkb:Vostok_program
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gptkbp:inspiration
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gptkb:Orion_spacecraft
gptkb:Apollo_program
commercial spaceflight initiatives
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gptkbp:landingGear
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parachute
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gptkbp:launchSite
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gptkb:Cape_Canaveral
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gptkbp:launchVehicle
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Redstone rocket
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gptkbp:legacy
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pioneering human spaceflight
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gptkbp:length
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3.05 m
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_6
gptkb:Wally_Schirra
gptkb:Gordon_Cooper
gptkb:John_Glenn
gptkb:Scott_Carpenter
gptkb:Gus_Grissom
Mercury-Redstone 3
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gptkbp:numberOfFigures
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6
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gptkbp:operatedBy
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NASA
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gptkbp:orbitalInclination
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27,400 km/h
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gptkbp:primaryMission
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suborbital and orbital flights
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gptkbp:productionYears
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1961-1963
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gptkbp:replacedBy
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Gemini spacecraft
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gptkbp:retired
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1963
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gptkbp:significantEvent
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first American in space
first American to orbit Earth
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gptkbp:successor
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Gemini spacecraft
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gptkbp:technology
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ballistic reentry
manual recovery system
single-stage spacecraft
stabilized by parachutes
parabolic_trajectory
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gptkbp:usedFor
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manned spaceflight
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gptkbp:usedIn
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gptkb:Project_Mercury
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gptkbp:weight
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1,200 kg
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