Project Mercury |
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Mercury_3.jpg/160px-Mercury_3.jpg) | Duration | 1959-1963 |
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Goal | Bringing a person into space and orbit |
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Results | First space flight, 1961; first orbit flight, 1962 |
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Rockets | Little Joe, Redstone and Atlas D |
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Organization | NASA |
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Legacy | First American manned space flights |
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Project Gemini |
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Gemini_7_in_orbit_-_GPN-2006-000035.jpg/220px-Gemini_7_in_orbit_-_GPN-2006-000035.jpg) | Duration | 1965-1966 |
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Goal | Developing new techniques for space travels |
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Rockets | Titan II |
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Organisation | NASA |
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Legacy | First American space walk and support for Moon program |
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Apollo program |
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Aldrin_Apollo_11.jpg/220px-Aldrin_Apollo_11.jpg) | Duration | 1961-1972 |
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Goal | To land a person on the Moon |
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Moon landing | Neil Armstrong, 1969 |
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Rockets | Saturn 1B and Saturn 5 |
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Organization | NASA |
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Legacy | The Moon landings |
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