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The first successful unmanned Mercury space flight was in what year?

1959. NASA Launched LJ-1 or Little Joe 1 on August 21, 1959.

How many unmanned Mercury missions were there?

20.

How many Astronauts were part of the Mercury program?

7. The famous Mercury Seven: Alan Shepard, Virgil 'Gus' Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Walt Schirra, Gordon Cooper and Deke Slaton.

The history books were written on May 5, 1961, when this man became the first American to fly in space?

Alan Shepard. Shepard's flight was considered suborbital, in that he was in space, but not high enough to be considered orbiting the earth...

On February 20, 1962, the history books were written again when this man became the first American to orbit the earth?

John Glenn.

What was the project name for the two-man mission, which followed Mercury?

Gemini.

How many Gemini missions were there?

12. There were 2 unmanned and 10 manned missions.

Of the 10 manned flights, only one capsule had a nickname. Gemini III was named the Molly Brown, in honor of HIS Liberty Bell Mercury Spacecraft sinking to the bottom of the Atlantic. Who was the astronaut?

Virgil 'Gus' Grissom & Gus Grissom & Grissom & Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom. Molly Brown of course was a wealthy survivor from the Titanic.

What year did the first Gemini mission take place?

1964. The unmanned Gemini I was launched on April 8, 1964.

What year did final Gemini mission take place?

1966. Gemini XII was launched on November 11, 1966. After this, it was time to head for the moon ... God Speed to the crew of Apollo I.