The longest Mercury mission lasted less than a day and a half.

Mr. Slayton was assigned to fly the second Mercury mission in orbit.

Flight patches that purport to be patches from various Mercury missions are available to the public.

Toward the end of his Mercury mission, the automatic system that was supposed to control his descent failed, and he had to take control manually.

The Mercury 4 mission was planned as a repeat of MR-3.

Astronauts in later Mercury missions disliked the food that was provided.

Several of the food issues from the Mercury missions were addressed for the later Gemini missions.

Kraft served as flight director during all six of the manned Mercury missions.

Beginning with the Mercury missions in the early 1960s, astronauts have taken photographs of the Earth.

He then announced the team members for the next two Mercury missions.

The longest Mercury mission lasted less than a day and a half.

Mr. Slayton was assigned to fly the second Mercury mission in orbit.

Flight patches that purport to be patches from various Mercury missions are available to the public.

Toward the end of his Mercury mission, the automatic system that was supposed to control his descent failed, and he had to take control manually.

The Mercury 4 mission was planned as a repeat of MR-3.

Astronauts in later Mercury missions disliked the food that was provided.

Several of the food issues from the Mercury missions were addressed for the later Gemini missions.

Kraft served as flight director during all six of the manned Mercury missions.

Beginning with the Mercury missions in the early 1960s, astronauts have taken photographs of the Earth.

He then announced the team members for the next two Mercury missions.