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Project Mercury
Project Mercury (1958–1963) was America’s first crewed spaceflight program. Its goal was to safely put a human into orbit and bring him home — across six flights, seven selected pilots, the “Mercury Seven”, achieved it.
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◉ REÁLNÉ FOTO · NASA / Wikimedia CommonsFig. 1 — Skupinový portrét sedmi astronautů programu Mercury ve stříbrných skafandrech.
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roject Mercury was created a year after Sputnik as America’s answer to the Soviet lead in the space race. Seven selected military pilots — the “Mercury Seven” — became America’s first astronauts and the public face of the program.
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