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Vintage Space Fun Fact: The Mercury ’7′s
Each of the Mercury missions had a name followed by the number 7. Alan Shepard flew Freedom 7, Gus Grissom in Liberty Bell 7, John Glenn aboard Friendship 7 (pictured), Scott Carpenter in Aurora 7, Wally Schirra flew Sigma 7, … Continue reading
Posted in Manned Spaceflight, Mercury, Unmanned Spaceflight
Tagged Carpenter, Cooper, Glenn, Grissom, Launch Vehicles, Manned Spaceflight, Mercury Program, NASA, Schirra, Shepard, Slayton
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Shepard: First American in (Suborbital) Space
I’ve talked in previous posts about the first manned Soviet space program, Vostok, and Yuri Gagarin’s historic Vostok 1 flight. One aspect neither of these posts touched on, however, was the reaction in the United States. Understandably, Americans were less … Continue reading
Posted in History of Space Science, Manned Spaceflight, Mercury, Soviet
Tagged American, Carpenter, Cooper, Gagarin, Glenn, Grissom, Manned Spaceflight, Mercury Program, NASA, Schirra, Shepard, Slayton, Soviet Space Program, Spaceflight, von Braun
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Sailors, Ships, and Splashdowns
I’ve been posting a lot about landing methods – NASA’s use of splashdowns, why the method was not a long-term solution to the problem of returning from space, and a comparison to Soviet methods. The former, splashdowns, have been a … Continue reading
Posted in Manned Spaceflight, Mercury
Tagged Carpenter, Cooper, Glenn, Grissom, Mercury Program, NASA, Recovery, Schirra, Shepard, Spaceflight, Splashdown, US Navy
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Designing the Perfect Astronaut
The experimental, creative, and at times imaginative nature of the Mercury program has always fascinated me. The program and the decision that preceded it answer a totally unique question: what do you do when you suddenly need to put a … Continue reading
Posted in History of Space Science, Manned Spaceflight, Mercury
Tagged Astronaut Selection, Carpenter, Conrad, Cooper, Glenn, Grissom, Lovell, Mercury Program, NASA, Schirra, Shepard, Slayton
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