Cancelled Spaceflights

Mercury 10

USA

Planning data

Launch date (planned):

October 1963

Crew

No.		Surname	Given names	Position
1		Shepard	Alan Bartlett, Jr. "Al"	PLT

Backup Crew

No.		Surname	Given names	Position
1		Cooper	Leroy Gordon, Jr. "Gordo"	PLT

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Mission objectives

Was originally planned to be the first one-day Mercury flight and Mercury 10 then became the second one-day flight. Later there was budgetary pressure to shut down Mercury.

Graphics

Last update on July 11, 2019.