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Project Mercury (1959 – 1963) was the first manned American spaceflight program. With the success of its Mercury-Atlas 6 flight on February 20, 1962, the project achieved its goal of putting an American astronaut (John Glenn) into orbit around the earth. Project Mercury took place at the height of the international space race, and was an important component of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the Western world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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