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<p><font size="5" face="Courier New"><b>PROJECT MERCURY GOALS</b></font></p>
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<li><font size="5" face="Courier New"><b><img
src="obr/atlas.jpg" align="left" hspace="12" width="181"
height="389"></b></font><font size="5" face="Courier New"><b>
</b></font><font size="4" face="Courier New">Initiated in
1958, completed in 1963, Project Mercury was the United
States' first man-in-space program.<br>
The objectives of the program, which made six manned
flights from 1961 to 1963, were specific:<br>
</font><font size="6" face="Courier New"></font></li>
<li><font size="6" face="Courier New"><b>To orbit a manned
spacecraft around Earth </b></font></li>
<li><font size="6" face="Courier New"><b>To investigate man's
ability to function in space </b></font></li>
<li><font size="6" face="Courier New"><b>To recover both man
and spacecraft safely.</b></font></li>
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