Project Mercury - Learning to Travel into Space and Return Safely (also Online) - GI 26 087
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Project Mercury - Learning to Travel into Space and Return Safely (also Online) - GI 26 087

When

Tuesday, 18 August 2026, 15:00 – 18:00

The Guildford Institute

The Guildford Institute, 1 Ward Street, Guildford, GU1 4LH

Time

15:0018:00

Price guide

Not listed — worth a quick ask

About this event

Known as America’s ‘man-in-space’ program, Project Mercury (1958-63) was the program through which the newly created US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) learned to put a man into orbit, to understand the technical requirements and medical effects of entering an unknown environment, and to bring him back alive. How did the NASA and the Mercury 7 accomplish this task?

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