Concept information
Preferred term
MERCURY
Definition
- Initiated in 1958, completed in 1963, 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 Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: MERCURY Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Space Stations/Manned Spacecraft Short_Name: MERCURY End_Group Creation_Date: 2012-07-18 Online_Resource: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/goals.html Sample_Image: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/163519main_mercury-missions-sm.jpg Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Site: Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center, USA Primary_Sponsor: NASA End_Group End_Group (en)
Broader concept
- Space Station (en)
Change note
- 2021-11-30 09:56:48.0 [tstevens] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (MERCURY [b0e515cf-ed97-4870-bdde-6c00b0c998ee,826644] - Space-based Platforms [b39a69b4-c3b9-4a94-b296-bbbbe5e4c847,835875]);
- 2021-11-30 12:15:26.0 [tstevens] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (MERCURY [b0e515cf-ed97-4870-bdde-6c00b0c998ee,826644] - Space Stations/Crewed Spacecraft [388e72a1-b851-4b78-9e69-747e06ae215f,826132]);
- 2021-12-01 13:30:38.0 [tstevens] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (MERCURY [b0e515cf-ed97-4870-bdde-6c00b0c998ee,826644] - Space Station [a4297e6c-efe4-4194-8309-0b8bd658445b,835934]);
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/b0e515cf-ed97-4870-bdde-6c00b0c998ee
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