A SPACE capsule carrying the remains of 166 people and a bounty of cannabis plants has been lost at sea following a surprise ...

Mercury capsule completes space race trifecta at Cradle of Aviation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An early American ...

The 1/3 scale model of the Mercury Capsule is completely equipped with escape tower, retro-rockets, interior fittings, and a model of an astronaut. The display was built and given to the Museum by the ...

While the Mercury 7 symbol remains in stable condition and there is nothing that can done about the time capsule, they are monitoring one other component of the 60-year-old installation.

The Mercury capsule acted as its nosecone, and the astronaut — or astrochimp — held on for the ride. The first Mercury-Redstone launch attempt, MR-1, took place on Nov. 21, ...

Alan Shepard, wearing his silvery pressure suit, prepares to climb aboard his Mercury capsule Freedom 7 prior to his launch on the first U.S. human spaceflight, 60 years ago on May 5, 1961.

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 ...

The second Mercury mission was going according to plan until the Liberty Bell 7 capsule sank in the ocean. NASA exonerated astronaut Gus Grissom, and two researchers now say they know what happened.