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How many missions have been launched to mercury?
there were about 7 missions to mercury
What is Project Gemini?
Project Gemini, originally named Mercury Mark II, was the second US space program. It was a bridge from project Mercury to the Apollo moon missions program. The spacecraft carried two people and tested rendezvous and docking.
The Gemini project consisted of how many missions?
12
Was John Glenn in Project Gemini or Project Mercury?
He was in Project Mercury.
Were there any NASA missions to mercury?
Mercury has only been explored by space probes, specifically Mariner 10 in 1973, and MESSENGER in 2004. Unrelated to the planet are the Mercury spy satellite program of the 1990s, and the 1959-1963 human spaceflight program Project Mercury.
When was Project Mercury created?
Project Mercury was created in 1959.
What are the first fourteen missions?
Not sure which mission this refers to, but there were 9 manned Mercury flights and 10 manned Gemini flights prior to the beginning of Project Apollo.
How did the mercury missions land?
All of the Mercury missions ended (as did all missions prior to the Shuttle Program) via capsule splashdown and recovery by a Navy carrier in the Pacific Ocean.
Has anyone laded on the planet Mercury?
There have been no manned missions to Mercury.
Did the project mercury missions land on mercury or just fly past it?
We have sent probes that have flown past Saturn. The Cassini space probe is currently in orbit around the planet. It is impossible to land anything on Saturn because it does not have a surface. We have, however, landed a probe on Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
Did project mercury land on mercury?
what do you think.. Yes. Project mercury did land on mercury... False. Project Mercury was a mission to put a man into orbit, not a planetary probe. So...no; no craft, probe or anything associated with this mission went to Mercury, orbited Mercury or did anything involving Mercury.
Are there any missions to Mercury now?
MESSENGER is on its way to Mercury and will arrive in 2011
