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- Initiated in 1958, completed in 1963, Project Mercury was the United States' first man-in-space program. The objectives of the program, which made six manned flights from 1961 to 1963, were specific: - To orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth - To investigate man's ability to function in space - To recover both man and spacecraft safely Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: MERCURY Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Space Stations/Manned Spacecraft Short_Name: MERCURY End_Group Creation_Date: 2012-07-18 Online_Resource: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/goals.html Sample_Image: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/163519main_mercury-missions-sm.jpg Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Site: Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center, USA Primary_Sponsor: NASA End_Group End_Group
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