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Which space program did Walter Cronkite cover extensively?

  • Apollo Project

  • Project Mercury

  • SpaceX Program

  • Soviet Space Program

Answer

Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program in the United States, designed to put a man into space and return him safely to Earth. The program ran from 1958 to 1963, and launched six successful manned missions. Walter Cronkite was the CBS News anchorman at the time, and he covered the program extensively.
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