What Spacecraft Was Used for Project Mercury?
The Mercury capsule was small. It only held one person. The capsule had very little room inside. The astronaut had to stay in his seat. Two types of rockets were used for Mercury launches. The first two of the six flights with an astronaut on board used a Redstone rocket. The other four manned flights used an Atlas rocket. Both rockets were first built as missiles for the military. The project was named Mercury after a Roman god who was very fast. Each astronaut named his spacecraft. Alan Shepard included a 7 in the name of his capsule. This was because it was the seventh one made. The other astronauts included a 7 also. This was in honor of the seven astronauts chosen for the project.
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