Deke Slayton
The space program launched by JFK was called the Apollo program. It aimed to land astronauts on the moon and bring them safely back to Earth. The most famous mission of the Apollo program was Apollo 11 in 1969, when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon.
The Mercury 7 were the group of seven astronauts selected by NASA in 1959 for the Mercury program, the United States' first human spaceflight program. The members of the Mercury 7 were Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. They were all test pilots chosen for their skills, experience, and adaptability to spaceflight.
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program by the United States, aimed at putting a man into orbit around Earth. The capsules typically completed one orbit in approximately 90 minutes. The longest manned mission in the Mercury program was the Mercury-Atlas 9, which orbited the Earth for nearly 34 hours.
The seven astronauts of Project Mercury, NASA's first human spaceflight program, were Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton. However, Freedom 7 was specifically the name of Alan Shepard's mission, so the passengers on that flight were only Alan Shepard.
It takes about 6-6.5 months to travel to Mercury by rocket, depending on the alignment of the planets and the speed of the rocket. The average distance between Earth and Mercury is about 77 million kilometers.
None of the seven Mercury astronauts flew to the moon. The Mercury program focused on sending astronauts into space for short periods of time and did not involve missions to the moon. The Apollo program, which followed the Mercury program, was responsible for sending astronauts to the moon.
The Apollo program, led by NASA, was responsible for sending astronauts to the moon. The first successful manned mission to the moon was Apollo 11 in 1969, during which astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface. The mission was a significant milestone in space exploration and the culmination of years of effort and innovation.
No Mercury 1 was not the first NASA mission, though the the Mercury project was NASA's first project, the first mission in the Mercury project and therefore the first NASA mission was Mercury-Big Joe launched on September 9, 1959.
Apollo 3 was an unmanned test of the Saturn booster
The question is not clear, there were three astronauts at a time in a Apollo mission , and there were 11 Apollo missions.
The first astronauts were called the Mercury 7 because they were the first group of astronauts selected for Project Mercury, the United States' first manned spaceflight program. The "7" refers to the seven original astronauts chosen by NASA.
It was called the Apollo mission.
There were 2 astronauts on each Project Gemini mission.
12 astronauts have gotten to walk on the moon, 2 each mission with one astronaut staying back in the Command Module. 18 astronauts were on the missions (3 per mission), 2 walking on the moon each mission.
NASA first recruited astronauts in 1959 as part of the Mercury program, with the aim of selecting and training individuals to participate in human spaceflights. The original group of astronauts, known as the "Mercury Seven," were selected based on their experience as military test pilots.
The main mission of the space shuttle program was to provide transportation for both astronauts and supplies, to and from the international space station. There were several other missions as well.
The Apollo program was the US space program that successfully landed the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972. Apollo program followed NASA's Mercury program, which put the first Americans in space.Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969. That mission had a crew of three: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr.