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Mercury Program Summary:
Officially Approved: October 7, 1958
Publicly Announced: December 17 1958
First Flight: Big Joe 1 on September 9, 1959
First Crew Flight: Mercury-Redstone 3 May 5, 1961
Last Flight: Mercury-Atlas 9 May 15, 1963
Officially Approved: October 7, 1958
Publicly Announced: December 17 1958
First Flight: Big Joe 1 on September 9, 1959
First Crew Flight: Mercury-Redstone 3 May 5, 1961
Last Flight: Mercury-Atlas 9 May 15, 1963
Astronauts Name: Birth: Death
Enos (chimpanzee): 1957: November 4, 1962
Ham (chimpanzee): July 1957: French Cameroon: January 19, 1983: North Carolina Zoo, North Carolina, USA
M Scott Carpenter: May 1, 1925: Boulder, Colorado, USA: October 10, 2013: Denver, Colorado, USA
L Gordon Cooper: March 6, 1927: Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA: October 4, 2004: Ventura, California, USA
John H Glenn, Jr.: July 18, 1921: Cambridge, Ohio, USA: December 8, 2016: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Virgil I. Grissom: April 3, 1926: Mitchell, Indiana, USA: January 27, 1967: Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
Walter M. Schirra, Jr.: March 12, 1923: Hackensack, New Jersey, USA: May 3, 2007: San Diego, California, USA
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.: November 18, 1923: Derry, New Hampshare, USA: July 21, 1998; Pebble Beach, California, USA
Donald K. Slayton: March 1, 1924: Sparta, Wisconsin, USA: June 13, 1993: League City, Texas, USA
Crewed Missions: Call-sign: Pilot: Launch: Time: Launch Complex Site: Duration
Mercury-Redstone-3: Freedom 7: Shepard: 2:34pm May 5, 1961: LC-5: 15m 22s
Mercury-Redstone-4: Liberty Bell 7: Grimssom: 12:20pm Jul 21, 1961: LC-5: 15m 37s
Mercury-Atlas-6: Friendship 7: Glenn: 2:47pm Feb 20, 1962: LC-14: 4h 55m 23s
Mercury-Atlas-7: Aurora 7: Carpenter: 12:45pm May 24, 1962: LC-14: 4h 56m 5s
Mercury-Atlas-8: Sigma 7: Schirra: 12:15pm Oct 3, 1962: LC-14: 9h 13m 15s
Mercury-Atlas-9: Faith 7: Cooper: 1:04pm May 15, 1963: LC-14: 1d 10h 19m 49s
Uncrewed & Chimpanzee Missions: Spacecraft No: Launch: Duration: Purpose: Result:
Little Joe 1: Boilerplate: August 21, 1959: 20 s: Test of launch escape system during flight: Failure
Big Joe 1: Big Joe Boilerplate: September 9, 1959: 13m 00s: Test of heat shield & Atlas/spacecraft interface: Partial Success
Little Joe 6: Boilerplate: October 4, 1959: 5m 10s: Test of spacecraft aerodynamics & integrity: Partial Success
Little Joe 1A: Boilerplate: November 4, 1959: 8m 11s: Test of launch escape system during flight with boiler plate capsule: Partial Success
Little Joe 2: Boilerplate: December 4, 1959: 11m 6s: Escape system test with primate at high altitude: Success
Little Joe 1B: Boilerplate: January 21, 1960: 1m 31s: Max-q abort & escape test with primate with boilerplate capsule: Success
Beach Abort: 1: May 9, 1960: 1m 31s: Test of the off-the-pad abort system: Success
Mercury-Atlas 1: 4: July 29, 1960: 3m 18s: Test of spacecraft/Atlas combination: Failure
Little Joe 5: 3: November 8, 1960: 2m 22s: First Little Joe escape system test with a production spacecraft, at max-q: Failure
Mercury-Redstone 1: 2: November 21, 1960: 2 s: Qualification of spacecraft/Redstone combination: Success
Mercury-Redstone 1A: 2: December 19, 1960: 15m 45s: Qualification of spacecraft/Redstone combination: Success
Mercury-Redstone 2: 5: January 31, 1961: 16m 39s: Qualification of spacecraft with chimpanzee named Ham: Success
Mercury-Atlas 2: 6: February 21, 1961: 17m 56s: Qualified Mercury/Atlas interface: Success
Little Joe 5A: 14: March 18, 1961: 5m 25s: Second test of escape system with a production Mercury spacecraft.
Mercury-Redstone BD: Boilerplate: March 24, 1961: 8m 23s: Final Redstone test flight: Success
Mercury-Atlas 3: 8: April 25, 1961: 7m 19s: Orbital flight with robot astronaut: Failure
Little Joe 5B: 14: April 28, 1961: 5m 25s: Third test of escape system with a production spacecraft: Success
Mercury-Atlas 4: 8: September 13, 1961: 1h 49m 20s: Test of environmental control system with robot astronaut in orbit: Success
Mercury-Scout 1: -: November 1, 1961: 44s: Special satelite to test Mercury tracking network: Failure
Mercury-Atlas 5: 9: November 29, 1961: 3h 20m 59s: Test of environmental control system in orbit with chimpanzee named Enos: Success
Enos (chimpanzee): 1957: November 4, 1962
Ham (chimpanzee): July 1957: French Cameroon: January 19, 1983: North Carolina Zoo, North Carolina, USA
M Scott Carpenter: May 1, 1925: Boulder, Colorado, USA: October 10, 2013: Denver, Colorado, USA
L Gordon Cooper: March 6, 1927: Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA: October 4, 2004: Ventura, California, USA
John H Glenn, Jr.: July 18, 1921: Cambridge, Ohio, USA: December 8, 2016: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Virgil I. Grissom: April 3, 1926: Mitchell, Indiana, USA: January 27, 1967: Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
Walter M. Schirra, Jr.: March 12, 1923: Hackensack, New Jersey, USA: May 3, 2007: San Diego, California, USA
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.: November 18, 1923: Derry, New Hampshare, USA: July 21, 1998; Pebble Beach, California, USA
Donald K. Slayton: March 1, 1924: Sparta, Wisconsin, USA: June 13, 1993: League City, Texas, USA
Crewed Missions: Call-sign: Pilot: Launch: Time: Launch Complex Site: Duration
Mercury-Redstone-3: Freedom 7: Shepard: 2:34pm May 5, 1961: LC-5: 15m 22s
Mercury-Redstone-4: Liberty Bell 7: Grimssom: 12:20pm Jul 21, 1961: LC-5: 15m 37s
Mercury-Atlas-6: Friendship 7: Glenn: 2:47pm Feb 20, 1962: LC-14: 4h 55m 23s
Mercury-Atlas-7: Aurora 7: Carpenter: 12:45pm May 24, 1962: LC-14: 4h 56m 5s
Mercury-Atlas-8: Sigma 7: Schirra: 12:15pm Oct 3, 1962: LC-14: 9h 13m 15s
Mercury-Atlas-9: Faith 7: Cooper: 1:04pm May 15, 1963: LC-14: 1d 10h 19m 49s
Uncrewed & Chimpanzee Missions: Spacecraft No: Launch: Duration: Purpose: Result:
Little Joe 1: Boilerplate: August 21, 1959: 20 s: Test of launch escape system during flight: Failure
Big Joe 1: Big Joe Boilerplate: September 9, 1959: 13m 00s: Test of heat shield & Atlas/spacecraft interface: Partial Success
Little Joe 6: Boilerplate: October 4, 1959: 5m 10s: Test of spacecraft aerodynamics & integrity: Partial Success
Little Joe 1A: Boilerplate: November 4, 1959: 8m 11s: Test of launch escape system during flight with boiler plate capsule: Partial Success
Little Joe 2: Boilerplate: December 4, 1959: 11m 6s: Escape system test with primate at high altitude: Success
Little Joe 1B: Boilerplate: January 21, 1960: 1m 31s: Max-q abort & escape test with primate with boilerplate capsule: Success
Beach Abort: 1: May 9, 1960: 1m 31s: Test of the off-the-pad abort system: Success
Mercury-Atlas 1: 4: July 29, 1960: 3m 18s: Test of spacecraft/Atlas combination: Failure
Little Joe 5: 3: November 8, 1960: 2m 22s: First Little Joe escape system test with a production spacecraft, at max-q: Failure
Mercury-Redstone 1: 2: November 21, 1960: 2 s: Qualification of spacecraft/Redstone combination: Success
Mercury-Redstone 1A: 2: December 19, 1960: 15m 45s: Qualification of spacecraft/Redstone combination: Success
Mercury-Redstone 2: 5: January 31, 1961: 16m 39s: Qualification of spacecraft with chimpanzee named Ham: Success
Mercury-Atlas 2: 6: February 21, 1961: 17m 56s: Qualified Mercury/Atlas interface: Success
Little Joe 5A: 14: March 18, 1961: 5m 25s: Second test of escape system with a production Mercury spacecraft.
Mercury-Redstone BD: Boilerplate: March 24, 1961: 8m 23s: Final Redstone test flight: Success
Mercury-Atlas 3: 8: April 25, 1961: 7m 19s: Orbital flight with robot astronaut: Failure
Little Joe 5B: 14: April 28, 1961: 5m 25s: Third test of escape system with a production spacecraft: Success
Mercury-Atlas 4: 8: September 13, 1961: 1h 49m 20s: Test of environmental control system with robot astronaut in orbit: Success
Mercury-Scout 1: -: November 1, 1961: 44s: Special satelite to test Mercury tracking network: Failure
Mercury-Atlas 5: 9: November 29, 1961: 3h 20m 59s: Test of environmental control system in orbit with chimpanzee named Enos: Success
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