Electronic Design

Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne: Two Different Missions that Shaped the Space Race (Part 1)

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 ...
The Spokesman-Review

'The Clock Has Started:' Alan Shepard and the Mercury missions

Those were the words Alan Shepard used 60 years ago Wednesday to note his cockpit timepiece had begun running. This meant his Redstone rocket booster had left the ground sending him and his one-man ...
New Scientist

Inside the missions that made the moon landings possible

On 20 February 1962, NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth. The mission was part of NASA’s Mercury human spaceflight programme and came just nine months after Soviet ...
The Manhattan Mercury

NASA launches unusual flying saucer-shaped spacecraft

The demonstration mission saw the test spaceships – each around 1 meter wide and 2.5 centimeters thick – launched into low ...
insider.si.edu

Human space flight mission patch handbook : a complete guide to NASA's human space flight mission patches, for Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle Programs

United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration Medals, badges, decorations, etc United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration Insignia A comprehensive guide to NASA's human ...
Electronic Design

Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne: Two Different Missions that Shaped the Space Race (Part 2)

Part 2 explores the dramatically different approaches to the launch systems, and the surprising similarities in the factors that contributed to their success. Although they served very different ...