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Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. Project Mercury’s manned flights spanned just two years, from May 1961 to May 1963, making history with its six missions launched from Cape Canaveral. The first U.S. spaceship was a cone-shaped, one-man capsule. The blunt end was covered with a heat shield to protect it against the 3,000 degree heat of reentry into the atmosphere. Slowed by parachutes, the capsules were designed to splash down in the ocean allowing recovery of the astronaut and vehicle by ship. Each astronaut named his capsule and added the number '7' to symbolize the team of seven astronauts.

Nasa Engineers Assembling Mercury Program Spacecraft Video

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