A 60-year-old tribute to America's first human spaceflight program is standing up to the test of time, but what about the contents of its time capsule not to be opened until 2464? The Project Mercury ...

Although NASA’s Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne served very different objectives, a closer look reveals that both missions ...

From a Cape Canaveral blockhouse the seven Mercury astronauts watched tensely last week as the countdown neared zero. Atop a towering Redstone rocket rested the one-ton Mercury space capsule of the ...

Sixty years ago this week, America sent its second man into space. The mission had gone flawlessly, but nearly ended in tragedy when the Liberty Bell 7 Mercury space capsule sank into the sea, almost ...

The exhibit is comprised of a recently-restored Atlas missile and a mock Mercury capsule. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

On this day 60 years ago, Alan Shepard packed into the cramped Freedom 7 capsule atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket and blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The NASA astronaut climbed to an altitude ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- One of the 20 space capsules created for the United States' first human space flight has been installed at the McDonnell Planetarium in St. Louis. The Mercury capsules were ...

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You Are Go! has released a Mac OS X version of its Mercury space capsule simulator, A-OK! The Wings of Mercury. A demo version is available for download from the ...

This 1970 Mercury Cyclone must have been parked in a time capsule, stored away from the eyes of the curious, locked away from the inquiring looks, and teleported to 2025 with the help of a time ...