On this day in 1960, the first mission of the Mercury Program successfully launched into space. It’s mission? Test the hardware that would later be used to bring the first Americans into space. There ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 24, 1961, NASA's Mercury Redstone rocket launched on its last uncrewed flight before it started sending astronauts into ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Grissom launched in the Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 21, ...

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The Redstone engine is one of the most significant developments in US rocket technology. This collection consists of 36 pages of 17 x 11 inch schematic drawings of the Redstone launch vehicle's ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection consists of twenty-one U. S. Navy photographs compiled for the press kit prepared for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) mission. The ...

Those were the words Alan Shepard used 60 years ago Wednesday to note his cockpit timepiece had begun running. This meant his Redstone rocket booster had left the ground sending him and his one-man ...

Veterans inside the Mercury-Redstone blockhouse from which Alan Shepard's rocket was launched: (from left) Terry Greenfield, Ike Rigell, Kelly Fiorentino, Frank Bryan, Milt Chambers, and Curly ...

At the Starlight motel on July 23, 1961, Grissom spoke to the press about the Mercury-Redstone 4 spaceflight. Christine Lunsford joined the Space.com team in 2010 as a freelance producer and later ...