Mercury-Atlas series
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The Mercury-Atlas series was a sequence of early NASA missions that used Atlas rockets to launch Mercury spacecraft, playing a key role in the United States’ first human spaceflight program.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Project Mercury launch vehicle | 1 |
| Mercury-Atlas 6 | 0 |
| Mercury-Atlas 7 | 0 |
| Mercury-Atlas 8 | 0 |
| Mercury-Atlas 9 | 0 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA program component
ⓘ
crewed spaceflight mission ⓘ spaceflight mission series ⓘ |
| achievement | first orbital flight of an American astronaut ⓘ |
| astronaut |
Gordon Cooper
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Glenn NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ Wally Schirra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | development of later Gemini program ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | early 1960s ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key part of the first U.S. human spaceflight program ⓘ |
| includedUncrewedTestFlights | true ⓘ |
| launchDate |
1962-02-20
ⓘ
1962-05-24 ⓘ 1962-10-03 ⓘ 1963-05-15 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType | low Earth orbit missions ⓘ |
| notableMission |
Mercury-Atlas 6
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mercury-Atlas 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury-Atlas 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury-Atlas 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mercury-Atlas series
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mercury-Atlas series NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury-Atlas series NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury-Atlas series NERFINISHED ⓘ Project Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mercury-Redstone missions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programGoal |
human spaceflight
ⓘ
place an American astronaut in orbit ⓘ |
| safetyFeatureTested | launch escape system ⓘ |
| spacecraft |
Aurora 7
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Faith 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Friendship 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigma 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | single-crew capsule ⓘ |
| technologyDemonstrated | Atlas booster for crewed orbital flight ⓘ |
| usedRocket | Atlas LV-3B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedRocketFamily | Atlas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedSpacecraft | Mercury spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Project Mercury launch vehicle