Project Mercury was the first program for manned spaceflight in the US. Alan Shephard became the first American to fly into space on a Mercury Redstone rocket. John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth.
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Gemini was the NASA space project before Apollo and featured a lot of firsts in the space program, including the first space walk. Gemini was a crucial step towards the goal of landing on the Moon.
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing. This is the NASA astronauts crew patch worn during the Apollo 17 mission as part of the moon landing space exploration program. Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the Moon.
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Celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing. This is the NASA astronauts crew patch worn during the Apollo 15 mission as part of the moon landing space exploration program.
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Celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing. This is the NASA astronauts crew patch worn during the Apollo 14 mission as part of the moon landing space exploration program.
Celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing. This is the NASA astronauts crew patch worn during the "Lucky 7" Apollo 7 mission as part of the moon landing space exploration program.
Celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing. This is the NASA astronauts crew patch worn during the Apollo 10 mission as part of the moon landing space exploration program.
Celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing. This is the NASA astronauts crew patch worn during the Apollo mission as part of the moon landing space exploration program.
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Celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing. This is the NASA astronauts crew patch worn during the "Lucky 7" Apollo 7 mission as part of the moon landing space exploration program.