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April 9, 1959: The Mercury 7 debut
In 1959, having determined that military test pilots would make the best astronauts, NASA began screening the records of 508 ...
Although NASA’s Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne served very different objectives, a closer look reveals that both missions were powered by equal parts of competition, innovation, and a strong dose of ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Andy Saunders, author of "Gemini and Mercury Remastered," talked about his process of remastering the most famous photographs of NASA's space program ...
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