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Project Mercury

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Little JoeSolid-fuel Mercury test launch vehicleRetiredLittle Joe was a clustered solid-fuel launch vehicle used to qualify Project Mercury escape, aerodynamic, structural, and recovery systems at Wallops Island before crewed flight.

Atlas 10-DAtlas D orbital launch vehicleLaunchedAtlas 10-D supported Big Joe 1 in the Project Mercury program.

Atlas 100-DAtlas D orbital launch vehicleLostAtlas 100-D supported Mercury-Atlas 3 in the Project Mercury program.

Atlas 50-DAtlas D orbital launch vehicleLost during launchAtlas 50-D supported Mercury-Atlas 1 in the Project Mercury program.

Atlas 67-DAtlas D orbital launch vehicleExpendedAtlas 67-D supported Mercury-Atlas 2 in the Project Mercury program.

Atlas 88-DAtlas D orbital launch vehicleExpendedAtlas 88-D supported Mercury-Atlas 4 in the Project Mercury program.

Atlas 93-DAtlas D orbital launch vehicleExpendedAtlas 93-D was the Atlas D launch vehicle assigned to Mercury-Atlas 5, the two-orbit flight that carried Enos and cleared Mercury for a crewed orbital mission.

ScoutFour-stage solid-fuel launch vehicleLost during launchScout supported Mercury-Scout 1 in the Project Mercury program.

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Contextual image from Mercury-Atlas 4; it documents a canonically related mission, not the exact Mercury spacecraft 8A record.

Mercury spacecraft 8AMercury spacecraft test articleTesting concludedMercury spacecraft 8A was the mission-specific Mercury hardware flown on Mercury-Atlas 4.

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Contextual image from Mercury-Atlas 5; it documents a canonically related mission, not the exact Mercury spacecraft 9 record.

Mercury spacecraft 9Mercury spacecraft test articleTesting concludedMercury spacecraft 9 was the mission-specific Mercury hardware flown on Mercury-Atlas 5.

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Contextual image from Mercury-Redstone Booster Development; it documents a canonically related mission, not the exact Mercury-Redstone Booster Development test article record.

Mercury-Redstone Booster Development test articleMercury boilerplate test articleTesting concludedMercury-Redstone Booster Development test article was the mission-specific Mercury hardware flown on Mercury-Redstone Booster Development.

Mercury-RedstoneCrew-rated suborbital launch vehicleRetiredMercury-Redstone adapted the Redstone ballistic missile into the launch vehicle for Project Mercury's suborbital development and astronaut flights, culminating in the Freedom 7 and Liberty Bell 7 missions.

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