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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This 1958 scale model shows the Mercury capsule shape B design, indicating the position of the astronaut. NASA's First Spaceship: Project Mercury (Infographic) Karl Tate/SPACE.com .

The second Mercury mission was going according to plan until the Liberty Bell 7 capsule sank in the ocean. NASA exonerated astronaut Gus Grissom, and two researchers now say they know what happened.

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 ...

Visitors to the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center can press their noses against the glass windows and watch a bit of history unfold. For six months, technicians will disassemble, clean and reasse… ...