Project Mercury - NASA
Aug 19, 2025 · Mercury, America's first human space flight program, introduced the nation to its first astronauts. There were six total flights with six astronauts flown. Total flight time for these …
Project Mercury - Wikipedia
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit …
Mercury | Missions & Facts | Britannica
Mercury, any of the first series of crewed spaceflights conducted by the United States. The series began with the suborbital flight of Alan Shepard in 1961; launched the first American into orbit, …
List of NASA Missions to Mercury - Little Astronomy
Oct 27, 2025 · Explore the complete list of NASA Missions to Mercury — Mariner 10 and MESSENGER — with launch years, mission types, and key achievements.
Every mission to Mercury ever | The Planetary Society
Europe and Japan’s first Mercury mission will study how the planet formed. NASA's MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) was the …
Project Mercury: America's 1st crewed space program
Nov 28, 2024 · Project Mercury was NASA's program that launched the first American astronauts into space, completing a total of six crewed spaceflights.
Mercury: Exploration - Science@NASA
Apr 25, 2025 · The first spacecraft to visit Mercury was NASA's Mariner 10, which launched in 1973. NASA's MESSENGER launched in 2004. The European Space Agency and JAXA …