What was the Project Mercury?
First human space program of the United States
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Project Mercury was the United States' first human space program, which ran from 1958 to 1963. It launched the first American astronauts into space and established the basic techniques for spaceflight. The program consisted of six manned spaceflights, the first of which was Alan Shepard's suborbital flight in 1961. The program also produced the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth, John Glenn, in 1962.
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