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
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Last update on July 11, 2019.