T. Kieth Glennan, the first Administrator of NASA, approved the Mercury project on October 7, 1958.
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| - T. Kieth Glennan, the first Administrator of NASA, approved the Mercury project on October 7, 1958.
- Project Mercury, also known as the Mercury program, was a human spaceflight program originating on planet Earth in the 20th century. It was overseen by the United States of America's NASA space agency in the 1950s and 1960s. In the year 1959, seven United States Military Forces pilots were chosen to participate in Project Mercury. In February 1962, one of the seven pilots, John Glenn, made a flight aboard the spacecraft Friendship 7, and became the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth. (Star Trek Magazine Issue 162: "Blast Off!")
- The program included 20 unmanned launches, followed by two suborbital and four orbital flights with astronaut pilots. Early planning and research were carried out by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), but the program was officially conducted by its successor organization, NASA. Mercury laid the groundwork for Project Gemini and the follow-on Apollo moon-landing program.
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| - T. Kieth Glennan, the first Administrator of NASA, approved the Mercury project on October 7, 1958.
- The program included 20 unmanned launches, followed by two suborbital and four orbital flights with astronaut pilots. Early planning and research were carried out by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), but the program was officially conducted by its successor organization, NASA. Mercury laid the groundwork for Project Gemini and the follow-on Apollo moon-landing program. The project name came from Mercury, a Roman mythological god often seen as a symbol of speed. Mercury is also the name of the innermost planet of the Solar System, which moves faster than any other and hence provides an image of speed, although Project Mercury had no real connection to the planet.
- Project Mercury, also known as the Mercury program, was a human spaceflight program originating on planet Earth in the 20th century. It was overseen by the United States of America's NASA space agency in the 1950s and 1960s. In the year 1959, seven United States Military Forces pilots were chosen to participate in Project Mercury. In February 1962, one of the seven pilots, John Glenn, made a flight aboard the spacecraft Friendship 7, and became the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth. (Star Trek Magazine Issue 162: "Blast Off!")
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