Although NASA’s Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne served very different objectives, a closer look reveals that both missions were powered by equal parts of competition, innovation, and a strong dose of ...
The film "Astronauts: United States Project Mercury," released in 1960, documents the rigorous training of America's first seven astronauts as part of NASA's Project Mercury. It highlights the ...
Part 2 explores the dramatically different approaches to the launch systems, and the surprising similarities in the factors that contributed to their success. Although they served very different ...