NASA Space Task Group

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NASA organizational unit human spaceflight program office

The NASA Space Task Group was the early NASA organization responsible for planning and managing the United States’ first human spaceflight efforts, including Project Mercury.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA organizational unit ⓘ human spaceflight program office ⓘ
basedOn	experience from NACA high-speed flight research ⓘ experience from missile and rocket test programs ⓘ
contributedTo	development of U.S. crewed launch operations procedures ⓘ development of astronaut training methods ⓘ development of spacecraft safety standards ⓘ establishment of NASA mission control operations ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolvedOrAbolished	1962 ⓘ 1963 ⓘ
employed	aerospace physicians ⓘ computers (human calculators) ⓘ engineers ⓘ flight controllers ⓘ mathematicians ⓘ test pilots ⓘ
endTime	1962 ⓘ 1963 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	aerospace engineering ⓘ human spaceflight ⓘ mission operations ⓘ spacecraft engineering ⓘ
formedFrom	National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyPerson	Alan B. Shepard Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles W. Mathews NERFINISHED ⓘ Christopher C. Kraft Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald K. Slayton NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Kranz NERFINISHED ⓘ George M. Low NERFINISHED ⓘ Glynn S. Lunney NERFINISHED ⓘ Gordon Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ John H. Glenn Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Maxime A. Faget NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert R. Gilruth NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil I. Grissom NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter C. Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter M. Schirra Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Hampton, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Langley Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent	Space Race NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Cold War ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Hampton, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Langley Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
mainOrgan	Project Mercury program office NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	space task concept for human spaceflight ⓘ
notableWork	coordination of Mercury-Atlas missions ⓘ coordination of Mercury-Redstone missions ⓘ development of Mercury spacecraft design requirements ⓘ development of astronaut selection criteria ⓘ development of launch escape system requirements ⓘ development of mission control concepts ⓘ development of reentry and recovery procedures ⓘ planning for early Gemini program activities ⓘ
parentOrganization	NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	NASA Office of Space Flight NERFINISHED ⓘ early NASA human spaceflight infrastructure ⓘ
predecessor	NACA NERFINISHED ⓘ NACA Pilotless Aircraft Research Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	Mercury astronaut training coordination ⓘ Mercury launch operations coordination ⓘ Mercury mission operations ⓘ Mercury spacecraft systems engineering ⓘ Mercury tracking and control planning ⓘ Project Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ United States first human spaceflight efforts ⓘ early American crewed spaceflight planning ⓘ managing Project Mercury missions ⓘ planning Project Mercury missions ⓘ
startTime	1958 ⓘ November 1958 ⓘ
successor	Johnson Space Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Manned Spacecraft Center NERFINISHED ⓘ NASA Manned Spacecraft Center NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Mercury Seven → selectionAgency → NASA Space Task Group ⓘ