In Mercury Rising, historian Jeff Shesol recalls the early days of the U.S. space program, when Cold War fears ruled and no one was sure John Glenn would survive America's first orbital flight.

Wally Funk, one of the “Mercury 13,” holds a photo of herself at the International Women’s Air and Space Museum in Cleveland in 2019. The aerospace pioneer will join Jeff Bezos when one of ...

Their Woman in Space Program, however, wasn't part of the space agency. In 1960, Lovelace invited award-winning pilot Jerrie Cobb to undergo the same physical tests that he helped develop for NASA ...

The 'Mercury Seven' not only flew in the Mercury program, but also in the Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle programs. However, the missions were not without tragedy: Gus Grissom lost his life in ...

That July day in 1962, she was fighting tooth and nail to claim her rightful place in space alongside the Mercury astronauts. Jerrie Cobb Three years earlier on April 9, 1959, the world had met ...

The model was given to the Museum on March 29, 1961 because of the great public interest in the Mercury Space Program. The 1/3 scale model of the Mercury Capsule is completely equipped with escape ...

LAUREL, Md. - For thefirst time in 33 years, a space probe zoomed by the planet Mercury with camerasblazing on Monday while eager scientists looked on from Earth. NASA?s MESSENGER spacecraft ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — A gathering of legends was held on Thursday as members of Project Mercury their families came together for a special reunion. There were lots of memories ...

On May 15, 1963, NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper launched on the sixth and final crewed flight of the Mercury Program. This was also the last time a NASA astronaut launched on a solo mission to space.