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• Mercury-Atlas 5 — Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission name Mercury Atlas 5 Spacecraft mass 1,331 kilograms (2,930 lb) Crew size 1 …   Wikipedia

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• Mercury (element) — gold ← mercury → thallium Cd ↑ Hg ↓ Cn …   Wikipedia

• Ion thruster — An ion thruster is a form of electric propulsion used for spacecraft propulsion that creates thrust by accelerating ions. Ion thrusters are characterized by how they accelerate the ions, using either electrostatic or electromagnetic force.… …   Wikipedia

• Electrostatic ion thruster — The electrostatic ion thruster is a kind of design for ion thrusters (a kind of highly efficient low thrust spacecraft propulsion running on electrical power). These designs use high voltage electrodes in order to accelerate ions with… …   Wikipedia

• Project Mercury — Duration 1959 1963 Goal Place Americans into orbit for as long as one day Achievements First manned flight: May 5, 1961 First orbital flight …   Wikipedia

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• Caesium — xenon ← caesium → barium Rb ↑ Cs ↓ Fr …   Wikipedia

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• Mir — This article is about the Soviet/Russian space station. For other uses, see Mir (disambiguation). Mir …   Wikipedia