Mercury program - National Air and Space Museum
6 Oct 2024 at 9:20am
Human spaceflight, Mercury program, Moon (Earth), Spacecraft, Space Shuttle program, Gemini program, Apollo program, Small solar system bodies, Spaceflight. Project Mercury was the United States' first program to put people in space. Beginning in 1958 and completed in 1963, the program made six crewed flights and marked the start of human ...
What was the Mercury Program? - National Air and Space Museum
5 Oct 2024 at 6:25pm
While the Mercury 7 were the most famous faces of project Mercury, they were supported by scores of people on the ground?including mathematicians like Katherine Johnson. Johnson, known today as a ?hidden figure,? was referred to as a ?human computer.? She was a mathematician who calculated the spacecraft trajectories for Project Mercury.
Mercury Primate Capsule and Ham the Astrochimp
6 Oct 2024 at 1:06am
A History of Project Mercury details what happened next: At nineteen hours before launch these two animals were put on low-residue diets, fitted with biosensors, and checked out in their pressurized couch-cabins. Seven and one-half hours before the flight a second physical examination was given, followed by more sensor and psychomotor tests.
Motor, Solid Fuel, Project Mercury Retro; also Designated TE-316
29 Sep 2024 at 10:00pm
Motor, Solid Fuel, Project Mercury Retro; also Designated TE-316. Shown here is a retro rocket used to decelerate manned spacecraft in orbit in preparation for re-entry into the earth's atmosphere during NASA's Project Mercury in the 1960s. NASA acquired the engine on contract from the Thiokol Chemical Corporation's Elkton, Maryland production ...
Enos: The Forgotten Chimp | National Air and Space Museum
7 Oct 2024 at 5:08am
Launch of Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) carrying Enos. (NASA) In front of Enos were three levers and several lights. Because he was to fly a three-orbit mission lasting nearly five hours?the prime objective for an astronaut in Project Mercury?he had a more elaborate set of cognitive tests than Ham, whose suborbital flight lasted 18 minutes.
Medal, Commemorative, Project Mercury, Vienna Mint
5 Oct 2024 at 8:38am
This Project Mercury commemorative medal was struck by the Vienna Mint. Project Mercury was NASA's first human spaceflight program. Alan Shepard, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, John Glenn, and M. Scott Carpenter were the first four astronauts to fly in the program. Alan Shepard was the first American in space in a suborbital flight in May 1961, and ...
Alan Shepard: First American in Space - National Air and Space Museum
8 Oct 2024 at 8:23pm
U.S. Navy test pilot Alan Shepard joined the astronaut program in 1959. He became the first American and the second man in space on May 5, 1961, when he piloted the Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 on a 490-kilometer (300-mile), 15-minute suborbital flight. He would return to space nearly a decade later as an Apollo astronaut.
Mercury Friendship 7 | National Air and Space Museum
6 Oct 2024 at 7:33am
Visit. Visit. National Air and Space Museum in DC Udvar-Hazy Center in VA Plan a field trip Plan a group visit. One museum, two locations. Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world?s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.
Katherine Johnson, Hidden Figures, and John Glenn?s Flight
7 Oct 2024 at 12:11pm
In fall 1961, as the Mercury project prepared for Glenn?s launch on the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile, Glenn asked one of the supervisors to have ?the girl,? meaning Johnson, to check the reentry calculations of the new computer on the old desktop calculators?he just was not comfortable with having his fate dependent on a ...
Bob Gilruth: Architect of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo
5 Oct 2024 at 3:19pm
In the midst of all this, Bob Gilruth was also farsightedly pushing for a program to bridge the gap in capability between the Mercury and Apollo vehicles. Another spacecraft was needed for Earth-orbit experience in rendezvous and docking, spacewalking, and long-duration spaceflight. In December 1961, NASA approved Project Gemini, which carried ...
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6 Oct 2024 at 9:20am
Human spaceflight, Mercury program, Moon (Earth), Spacecraft, Space Shuttle program, Gemini program, Apollo program, Small solar system bodies, Spaceflight. Project Mercury was the United States' first program to put people in space. Beginning in 1958 and completed in 1963, the program made six crewed flights and marked the start of human ...
What was the Mercury Program? - National Air and Space Museum
5 Oct 2024 at 6:25pm
While the Mercury 7 were the most famous faces of project Mercury, they were supported by scores of people on the ground?including mathematicians like Katherine Johnson. Johnson, known today as a ?hidden figure,? was referred to as a ?human computer.? She was a mathematician who calculated the spacecraft trajectories for Project Mercury.
Mercury Primate Capsule and Ham the Astrochimp
6 Oct 2024 at 1:06am
A History of Project Mercury details what happened next: At nineteen hours before launch these two animals were put on low-residue diets, fitted with biosensors, and checked out in their pressurized couch-cabins. Seven and one-half hours before the flight a second physical examination was given, followed by more sensor and psychomotor tests.
Motor, Solid Fuel, Project Mercury Retro; also Designated TE-316
29 Sep 2024 at 10:00pm
Motor, Solid Fuel, Project Mercury Retro; also Designated TE-316. Shown here is a retro rocket used to decelerate manned spacecraft in orbit in preparation for re-entry into the earth's atmosphere during NASA's Project Mercury in the 1960s. NASA acquired the engine on contract from the Thiokol Chemical Corporation's Elkton, Maryland production ...
Enos: The Forgotten Chimp | National Air and Space Museum
7 Oct 2024 at 5:08am
Launch of Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) carrying Enos. (NASA) In front of Enos were three levers and several lights. Because he was to fly a three-orbit mission lasting nearly five hours?the prime objective for an astronaut in Project Mercury?he had a more elaborate set of cognitive tests than Ham, whose suborbital flight lasted 18 minutes.
Medal, Commemorative, Project Mercury, Vienna Mint
5 Oct 2024 at 8:38am
This Project Mercury commemorative medal was struck by the Vienna Mint. Project Mercury was NASA's first human spaceflight program. Alan Shepard, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, John Glenn, and M. Scott Carpenter were the first four astronauts to fly in the program. Alan Shepard was the first American in space in a suborbital flight in May 1961, and ...
Alan Shepard: First American in Space - National Air and Space Museum
8 Oct 2024 at 8:23pm
U.S. Navy test pilot Alan Shepard joined the astronaut program in 1959. He became the first American and the second man in space on May 5, 1961, when he piloted the Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 on a 490-kilometer (300-mile), 15-minute suborbital flight. He would return to space nearly a decade later as an Apollo astronaut.
Mercury Friendship 7 | National Air and Space Museum
6 Oct 2024 at 7:33am
Visit. Visit. National Air and Space Museum in DC Udvar-Hazy Center in VA Plan a field trip Plan a group visit. One museum, two locations. Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world?s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.
Katherine Johnson, Hidden Figures, and John Glenn?s Flight
7 Oct 2024 at 12:11pm
In fall 1961, as the Mercury project prepared for Glenn?s launch on the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile, Glenn asked one of the supervisors to have ?the girl,? meaning Johnson, to check the reentry calculations of the new computer on the old desktop calculators?he just was not comfortable with having his fate dependent on a ...
Bob Gilruth: Architect of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo
5 Oct 2024 at 3:19pm
In the midst of all this, Bob Gilruth was also farsightedly pushing for a program to bridge the gap in capability between the Mercury and Apollo vehicles. Another spacecraft was needed for Earth-orbit experience in rendezvous and docking, spacewalking, and long-duration spaceflight. In December 1961, NASA approved Project Gemini, which carried ...
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