On June 11, 1963, the Mercury space capsule was patented and assigned to NASA. The patent was received less than a month after the last flight of Project Mercury had been carried out. A.S.Ganesh ...

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, 1960 — just over ...

The spacecraft’s closest approach of 295 km took place on the planet’s night side at 06:59 CET. In this view, Mercury’s terminator, the boundary between day and night, divides the planet in two.

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

The exterior panels from Scott Carpenter's and Wally Schirra's Mercury capsules were sold by RR Auction of Boston on Thursday (Oct. 15) for $213,090 and $240,001.25, respectively. Each metal ...

A structural problem in the attachment of the capsule to its Atlas rocket triggered an explosion that destroyed both capsule and rocket. Four months later, the next attempt at sending Mercury into ...

Mercury could have a thick underground layer of ... The researchers then subjected the capsule to pressures almost 70,000 times greater than those found on Earth’s surface and temperatures up ...

In between, nothing on the Mercury capsule would allow him to perform the simplest of pilot acts: alter his flight path. Sure, he could turn, pitch, and roll this way and that.

Time Capsule 1939 Mercury Coupe Pulled From Garage. Story by Steven Symes • 1d. ... This ’39 Mercury has all kinds of original details, most notably the engine and transmission.