Account of suborbital flight of Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr, in Mercury Spacecraft, May 5, 1961; development and administration of Project Mercury; astronaut selection; design and construction of space capsule; launch vehicle; escape system; training program for astronaut; recovery operations; measurements of physiological elements of pilot; astronaut performance.


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    Title :

    Project Mercury


    Additional title:

    Am Geophysical Union -- Trans



    Publication date :

    1961


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Project Mercury experiences

    Bland, Jr., W.M. / Berry, C.A. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1963


    Project Mercury Experiences

    William M. Bland Jr. / Charles A. Berry | NTRS | 1963


    PROJECT MERCURY EXPERIENCES

    Berry, C. A. / Bland, W. M., Jr. | NTRS | 1963


    Project Mercury chronology

    Grimwood, J.M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1963


    The Mercury- Redstone Project

    J. L. Cassidy / R. I. Johnson / J. C. Leveye et al. | NTIS | 1964