NASA explains the goals of the Project Mercury manned space program.

NASA explains the goals of the Project Mercury manned space program. Shows early design and research phases of Project Mercury , the sub-orbital flight of Freedom 7 and the orbital flight of Friendship 7. Project Gemini & Project Apollo are also discussed.

This film has been made available courtesy the US Department of Defence, NASAimages.org and the US National Archives. .

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