The Mercury Program: America's First Astronauts

This documentary tells the story of Project Mercury, America's first crewed spaceflight programme, born of Cold War rivalry with the Soviet Union. After a run of Soviet space successes, the United States formed NASA and set out to put its first astronauts into orbit. The film follows the engineering, the risk, and the courage of the men who flew. Informative and stirring, it captures the dawn of the American space age. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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