United States Project Mercury," released in 1960, documents the rigorous training of America's first seven astronauts as part of NASA's Project Mercury. It highlights the physical and psychological ...

According to the wife of an Apollo astronaut, her husband used to tell her secrets about what he really saw in space. Anita ...

Glennan dubbed the 110 men Mercury Astronauts, said that beginning this month they will go to Washington in groups of about 30 for full briefings on Project Mercury. After that, the candidates ...

Plain old white. That basic color has saved countless astronaut lives. NASA didn't always have white spacesuits. Their very first manned spaceflight, Project Mercury, featured silver suits ...

are now primarily how NASA delivers astronauts and cargo into low-Earth orbit. NASA wasn’t so dependent on private companies when it conceived Project Mercury, the country’s first human ...

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project in ...