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aug 5, 1958 - Project Mercury

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Project Mercury was the United States' first man-in-space program. The objectives of the program, which made six manned flights from 1961 to 1963, were specific: To orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth, To investigate man's ability to function in space, To recover both man and spacecraft safely

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aug 5, 1958
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~ 67 years ago