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MERCURY PROGRAM
(May 5, 1961 -- May 16, 1963)

Image: Mercury Program
Sequence: Order of Flight; Spacecraft; Crew Members; Date(s);
          Mission Duration (hr:min:sec)

  Freedom 7; Shepard; May 5, 1961 (00:15:22)

  Liberty Bell 7; Grissom; July 21, 1961 (00:15:37)

  Friendship 7; Glenn; Feb. 20, 1962 (04:55:23)

  Aurora 7; Carpenter; May 24, 1962 (04:56:05)

  Sigma 7; Schirra; Oct. 3, 1962 (09:13:11)

  Faith 7; Cooper; May 15 - 16, 1963 (34:19:49)

Total: 6 Flights, 6 Astronauts Flown.
       Total Flight Time: 53:55:27

   Note: The following information was culled from a number of reference sources, including the Space Shuttle Mission Chronology, NASA Historical Data Book, and the NASA Pocket Statistics.

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