the Mercury program

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• (the) Mercury program — the Mercury program [the Mercury program] (also Project Mercury) the US space programme (1961–63 …   Useful english dictionary

• The Mercury Program — For the Mercury space project, see Project Mercury. The Mercury Program Origin Gainesville, Florida, USA Genres Post Rock, Instrumental rock Years active 1997–present …   Wikipedia

• Mercury program (disambiguation) — Mercury Program might refer to: the first successful American manned spaceflight program, Project Mercury an American post rock band, The Mercury Program This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia

• Mercury program — noun a program of rocket powered flights undertaken by US between 1961 and 1963 with the goal of putting a man in orbit around the earth under the Mercury program each flight had one astronaut • Instance Hypernyms: ↑space program …   Useful english dictionary

• The Mercury Press — is a Canadian publishing company which publishes literary fiction, poetry, and non fiction works by Canadians. Mercury has a substantial jazz list and has also published murder mysteries, priding itself in its eclecticism. Books published by… …   Wikipedia

• Mercury program — (also Project Mercury) the US space programme (1961–3) to put a man into orbit around the earth. This was achieved when John Glenn became the first person to go into orbit on 20 February 1962. See also Shepard. * * * …   Universalium

• Mercury-Redstone 2 — Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission name Mercury Redstone 2 Spacecraft mass Launch: 1,203 kilograms (2,650 lb) Crew siz …   Wikipedia

• Mercury-Atlas 8 — Mercury 8 redirects here. For the car, see Mercury Eight. Mercury Atlas 8 Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission name Mercury Atlas 8 Spacecraft name Σ 7 (Sigma 7) …   Wikipedia

• Mercury-Atlas 9 — Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission name Mercury Atlas 9 Spacecraft name Faith 7 Spacecraft mass 1,360 kilograms (3,000& …   Wikipedia

• Mercury-Redstone 4 — Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission name Mercury Redstone 4 Spacecraft name Liberty Bell 7 Spacecraft mass 1,286 …   Wikipedia

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