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.

First Project Mercury space capsule is completed at McDonnell Aircraft Corp. St Louis, Missouri, and was ready to be delivered to National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Wallop's station, ...

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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Probable starters: Mercury, 6-1 G-F Kahleah Copper (29.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.4 apg), 6-0 G Diana Taurasi (19.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.4 apg), 5-10 G Natasha Cloud (11.0 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 8.8 apg), 6-2 F-G Bec Allen ...

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 ...

When it comes to early 1970s classics, we tend to celebrate the muscle cars. And that makes sense because they're far more desirable due to their high-performance engines. But I think sometimes we ...