A four-person crew will spend three to five days aboard a SpaceX capsule orbiting above the poles of Earth — a flight path ...

As soon as the U.S. decided to go ahead with Project Mercury ... maximum height 5 ft. 11 in., superb physical condition, and physical and psychological attributes suited for space flight.

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are expected to return to Earth in March. Photo by MIguel J. Rodriguez CarrilloAFP via Getty Images March will bring both celestial and human ...

May 5: Alan Shepard commands Freedom 7 on the first Mercury mission, becoming the first American in space. His ballistic trajectory during the 15-minute flight takes him to a maximum height of 116 ...

Here’s a look at human spaceflight programs in the United States and around the world. Facts The United States ended its crewed space shuttle program with the launch of Atlantis on July 8, 2011, and ...

BepiColombo launched in 2018 on an Ariane 5 rocket to seek ... insertion into orbit around Mercury in December 2025," the European Space Agency's (ESA) BepiColombo mission manager, Santa Martinez ...

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 ...