Mercury Spacecraft 1 Reentry Capsule 2 Window 3 Seperation rocketsand Retrorockets 4 Heatshield 5 Hatch 6 ParachuteCompartment References Loyd S. Swenson Jr., James M. Grimwood, and Charles C. Alexander, This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury, NASA SP-4201. 1966. James M. Grimwood...
Project Mercury was NASA's program that launched the first American astronauts into space, completing a total of six crewed spaceflights.
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Francis French and Colin Burgess, Into That Silent Sea:Trailblazers of the Space Era 1961-1965. ISBN 978-0-8032-1146-9. History of the Mercury program with many unique first-hand interviews with the participants. James M. Grimwood, This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury James M. Gr...
The History of Mercury ExplorationRobert G. Strom1 and Sean C. Solomon2 The first known recorded observation of Mercury was Nov. 15, 265 BC, in cuneiform writings from Mesopotamia, although it was undoubtedly seen much earlier. Telescopic observations began with the use of the first telescopes ...
Create an educational poster about the historical women of the U.S. space program called The Mercury 13. Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Multiple Lesson Periods Directions Uncover the history of women in space. Share with the class the not so known story of the Mercury 13 women, thirteen American...
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“Some days you can control the news and some days you can’t” is an old article of conventional wisdom that bit with a vengeance on May 12 in a major space history related story with significant contemporary political implications. A political ceremony at the University of Wisconsin at Oshko...
are as familiar to American history as nearly any politician, soldier, or entertainer – they were bigger than Elvis in 1959. The over-the-top celebrity worship of America’s first astronauts was fueled by enormous public curiosity, along with overwhelming political pressure to win the space ...
Auroras, solar eclipse, Starship – 3 space stories make Google's Breakout Searches of 2024 (video) 'Star Bound' serves up a 'snarky approach to space history' and the American space program (exclusive) 'Galaxy Quest' at 25: the 'Star Trek' spoof that has its cake and eats it 'Silo'...