article_snippet.sent: The image was taken as part of Project Mercury, which was the US' first mission to put men in space. 
article_snippet.sent: Especially since the capsule was unmanned, there were no worries that they would be seen.'
article_snippet.sent: The image was taken as part of Project Mercury, which was the US' first mission to put humans in space.
article_snippet.sent: The objectives of the program were to orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth, investigate man's ability to function in space, and to recover both the astronaut and spacecraft safely.
article_snippet.sent: The first United States astronaut was Alan Shepard, whose suborbital flight of the Freedom 7 space capsule on May 5, 1961,
article_snippet.sent: was the first success of the program. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Part of Project Mercury which was US' first mission to put men in space .
  