United States Project Mercury," released in 1960, documents the rigorous training of America's first seven astronauts as part ...

In Terminator #5, the Cold War space race heats up as both superpowers race to reach orbit, but an unexpected mechanical ...

NASA had not yet put a man in orbit around the Earth. That would happen during the successive one-man missions of Project Mercury. But the Apollo project required a number of more advanced ...

While at Holloman, Ham participated in NASA’s Project Mercury, a program designed to test the safety of human spaceflight.

As part of Project Mercury, NASA prepared to send a chimpanzee, Ham, into space to test the effects of space on a living creature. Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our Partners ...