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Project Mercury
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The list Project Mercury includes
The Right Stuff, The Astronaut Wives Club, Scott Carpenter, Hidden Figures and Marion Dietrich.
The list consists of 59 members
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The Right Stuff
1983 film by Philip Kaufman
Overview: The Right Stuff is a 1983 American epic historical drama film written and directed by Philip Kaufman and based on the 1979 book of the same name by Tom Wolfe. The film follows the Navy, Marine, and Air ...
Release date: 21 October 1983Genre: Adventure, Drama, HistoryDirector: Philip KaufmanProducer: James D. Brubaker, Robert ChartoffWriter: Philip Kaufman, Tom WolfeThe U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with ...
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Hidden Figures
2016 American biographical drama film
Overview: Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder. It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot ...
Release date: 13 January 2017Director: Theodore MelfiProducer: Peter Chernin, Jamal DanielWriter: Allison Schroeder, Theodore MelfiThe story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program. 0
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The Astronaut Wives Club
American TV series or program
Overview: The Astronaut Wives Club is a 2015 American period drama television series developed by Stephanie Savage for ABC. It is based on Lily Koppel's 2013 book of the same name. The series tells the story of ...
Genre: DramaDirector: Jon Amiel, Elodie KeeneProducer: Jonathan C. Brody, Len GoldsteinWriter: Lily Koppel, Stephanie SavageBased on Lily Koppel's best-selling titular novel, which tells the real story of the women who stood beside some of the biggest heroes in American ... 0
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Scott Carpenter
American astronaut and aquanaut (1925–2013)
Overview: Malcolm Scott Carpenter (May 1, 1925 – October 10, 2013) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts ...Date of birth: 1 May 1925Date of death: 10 October 2013Age: 88 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AstronautGender: MaleHeight: 5' 10" (178 cm) 0
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The Right Stuff
American drama television series
Overview: The Right Stuff is an American historical drama limited television series, loosely based on the 1979 book of the same name by Tom Wolfe and its 1983 film adaptation, that premiered on October 9, 2020 ...
Director: Andrew Bernstein, Nick CopusProducer: Lisa Albert, Matt BarberWriter: Mark Lafferty, Tom Wolfe 0
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Wally Funk
American astronaut
Overview: Mary Wallace "Wally" Funk (born February 1, 1939) is an American aviator and Goodwill Ambassador. She was the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, the first ... 0
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Marion Dietrich
American astronaut
Overview: Marion Dietrich (1926–1974) was a pilot and one of the Mercury 13 who underwent the same NASA testing in the early 1960s as the Mercury 7 astronauts.Date of birth: 1926Date of death: 1978Age: 51 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AstronautGender: Female 0
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John A. Powers
NASA public affairs officer; US Army Air Forces pilot in World War II; US Air Force officer in Korean War
Overview: John Anthony Powers (August 22, 1922 – December 31, 1979), better known as Shorty Powers, was an American public affairs officer for NASA from 1959 to 1963 during Project Mercury. A U.S. Air Force ...Date of birth: 22 August 1922Date of death: 31 December 1979Age: 57 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Military 0
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Maxime Faget
American engineer in NASA manned spaceflight programs
Overview: Maxime Allen "Max" Faget (pronounced fah-ZHAY; August 26, 1921 – October 9, 2004) was a Belizean-born American mechanical engineer. Faget was the designer of the Mercury spacecraft, and contributed to ...Date of birth: 26 August 1921Date of death: 9 October 2004Age: 83 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: EngineerGender: Male 0
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Ham (chimpanzee)
chimpanzee launched into outer space
Overview: Ham (July 1957 – January 19, 1983), a chimpanzee also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, was the first great ape launched into space. On January 31, 1961, Ham flew a suborbital flight on the ... 0
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Boilerplate (spaceflight)
spacecraft; nonfunctional craft or payload
Overview: A boilerplate spacecraft, also known as a mass simulator, is a nonfunctional craft or payload that is used to test various configurations and basic size, load, and handling characteristics of rocket launch ... 0
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PGM-11 Redstone
short-range ballistic missile
Overview: The PGM-11 Redstone was the first large American ballistic missile. A short-range ballistic missile (SRBM), it was in active service with the United States Army in West Germany from June 1958 to June 1964 ... 0
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Mercury Seven
group of seven Mercury astronauts
Overview: The Mercury Seven were the group of seven astronauts selected to fly spacecraft for Project Mercury. They are also referred to as the Original Seven and Astronaut Group 1. Their names were publicly an ... 0
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Overview: Muchea Tracking Station was an Earth station in Australia located close to Muchea in the Shire of Chittering, about 60 km (37 mi) north of Perth, Western Australia, built specifically for NASA's ... 0
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Project Mercury
1958–1963 United States spaceflight program which sent the first American astronauts into space
Overview: Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return ... 0
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Dee O'Hara
First aerospace nurse to NASA's first astronauts
Overview: Dolores B. "Dee" O'Hara (born August 9, 1935 in Nampa, Idaho) was the first aerospace nurse to NASA's first astronauts, laying the foundation to the field of Space nursing. O'Hara was the official nurse ... 0
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Overview: Walter Charles "Walt" Williams (July 30, 1919 – October 7, 1995) was an American engineer, leader of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) group at Edwards Air Force Base in the 1940s ...Date of birth: 30 July 1919Date of death: 7 October 1995Age: 76 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Engineer 0
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John H. Ebersole
American pioneer in submarine medicine and radiation oncology, Captain US Navy
Overview: Captain John Henry Ebersole, M.D., MC USN (26 January 1925 – 23 September 1993) a pioneer in submarine medicine and radiation oncology, selected by Admiral Hyman G. Rickover to serve as medical officer ...Date of birth: 26 January 1925Date of death: 23 September 1993Age: 68 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: PhysicistGender: Male 0
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Milton Silveira
NASA engineerOverview: Milton Antone Silveira (4 May 1929 – 11 July 2013) was an American aerospace engineer, pilot and academic, serving as NASA's Chief Engineer between 1983 and 1986. He was involved in numerous crewed sp ...Date of birth: 4 May 1929Date of death: 11 July 2013Age: 84 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Engineer 0
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Overview: Captain (Dr.) Julian Ward, MD (March 15, 1927 - August 13, 1962 ) was an American physician who made contributions to aerospace medicine and the Mercury space program. 0
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