Mercury Program Index

Manned Mercury Missions:

1961

Mercury MR-3: Alan Shepard/Freedom 7
First U.S. Astronaut (Suborbital)

Mercury MR-4: Gus Grissom/Liberty Bell 7
Second U.S. Astronaut (Suborbital)

1962

Mercury MA-6: John Glenn/Friendship 7
First U.S. Astronaut To Orbit Earth

Mercury MA-7: Scott Carpenter/Aurora 7
Second U.S. Astronaut To Orbit Earth

Mercury MA-8: Wally Schirra/Sigma 7
Third U.S. Astronaut To Orbit Earth

1963

Mercury MA-9: Gordon Cooper/Faith 7
Fourth U.S. Astronaut To Orbit Earth