missions flown in Mercury-Atlas were: MA-1 using Atlas launch vehicle "50-D": 276 MA-2 using Atlas launch vehicle "67-D": 320 MA-3 using Atlas launch... 3 KB (250 words) - 03:59, 2 November 2023 |
Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) was the fifth United States crewed space mission, part of NASA's Mercury program. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., orbited the... 42 KB (5,691 words) - 02:35, 20 November 2023 |
was ahead and make MA-8 the last Mercury mission rather than risk a future disaster. The argument that MA-8 should be the last Mercury mission held that... 22 KB (2,946 words) - 20:58, 1 January 2024 |
Mercury-Atlas 3 (MA-3) was an unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched unmanned on April 25, 1961 at 16:15 UTC, from Launch Complex... 7 KB (838 words) - 05:04, 4 February 2024 |
Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System. In English, it is named after the Roman god Mercurius (Mercury), god of... 154 KB (15,777 words) - 23:05, 1 May 2024 |