- Mercury Project
The United States' first man-in-space program.
www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/history/mercury/mercury.htm
- This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury
Extensive historical background on the mission to orbit the Earth.
www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4201/toc.htm
- Project Mercury Drawings and Technical Diagrams
From NASA, especially interesting and useful for modelers and other space enthusiasts who want to see Mercury "blueprints."
www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/diagrams/mercury.html
- Friendship 7/Mercury-Atlas 6
Three-orbit flight that placed the first American, John Glenn, into orbit.
www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/history/mercury/ma-6/ma-6.htm
- Freedom 7/Mercury-Redstone 3 (2)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mercury_Project/Freedom_7_Mercury_Redstone_3
- Space Shots
Space photography, John Glenn, Mercury 6, and STS-95 live mission pictures. A presentation by Kodak.
www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/space/mainIndex.shtml
- Liberty Bell 7/Mercury-Redstone 4 (4)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mercury_Project/Liberty_Bell_7_Mercury_Redstone_4
- Faith 7/Mercury-Atlas 9
Last Mercury mission; completed 22 orbits to evaluate the effects of one day in space.
www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/history/mercury/ma-9/ma-9.htm
- Aurora 7/Mercury-Atlas 7
Confirmed the success of Mercury-Atlas 6 by duplicating the flight.
www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/history/mercury/ma-7/ma-7.htm
- Sigma 7/Mercury-Atlas 8
Six-orbit engineering test flight.
www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/history/mercury/ma-8/ma-8.htm
- Mercury 7 Fanlisting
For fans of NASA's Mercury astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordo Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton.
mercuryseven.bluemamka.com
- Spacelink - Mercury Missions
Links to sites and images concerning the missions that put the first American in space.
spacelink.nasa.gov/NASA.Projects/Human.Exploration.and.Development.of.Space...
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