MY NASA MISSION PATCH COLLECTION
Here is my collection of the Mercury mission patches.  I keep them inside my SPACE NOTEBOOK.  I've been working on
this notebook for a long time.  Everything I know about space and astronauts is inside this notebook that I'm making.  I am
collecting the Gemini mission patches and then the Apollo mission patches too.  My favorite astronauts are Neil Armstrong,
Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom (he died in a fire inside the Apollo 1 capsule), Ed White (the first American to walk in space, also
died in that Apollo 1 fire), and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin.  Below each patch is the mission description I copied in my notebook.
Every mission was important because it helped the United States be the first ones to step foot on the moon.
 
 Project Mercury Mission Patches
Photograph of the Original Mercury Astronauts
 
 
MR-3 Freedom 7
Mercury 3   
May 5,1961   
Alan Shepard   
This mission last 15 minutes, 28 seconds.  It was a sub-orbital flight.  It took the first American in space.
MR-4 Liberty Bell 7
Mercury 4
July 21, 1961  
Gus Grissom 
This mission lasted 15 minutes, 37 seconds.  Also a sub-orbital; successful flight but the spacecraft sank shortly after after splashdown. 
MA-6 Friendship 7
Mercury 6
February 20, 1962  
John Glenn  
Four hours, 55 minutes, 23 seconds.  John H. Glenn did a three-orbit flight that placed the first American into orbit. 
MA-7 Aurora 7
Mercury 7
May 24, 1962  
Scott Carpenter  
This mission lasted 88 minutes 32 seconds.  The flight further qualified the Mercury spacecraft system for manned orbital operations. 
MA-8 Sigma 7
Mercury 8 
October 3, 1962  
Walter Schirra  
This mission lasted 9 hours, 13 minutes and 13 seconds.  It's objective was to have a man in orbit for nine hours.  Six orbits were completed. 
MA-9 Faith 7
Mercury 9
May 15, 1963  
Gordon Cooper  
This mission lasted one day, 10 hours, 19 minutes, 49 seconds.  The mission's goal was to have a man in orbit for one whole 
day.  This was the last Mercury flight. 
 
The Original Mercury Astronauts -- July 12, 1962
Standing, left to right are Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Walter M. Schirra,  Jr., and John H. Glenn, Jr.;
sitting, left to right are Virgil I. Grissom, M.  Scott Carpenter, Donald Slayton, and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.

    

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