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Project Mercury – Learning to Travel into Space and Return Safely (also Online) – GI 26 087

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18 August 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm BST

Tutor: Craig Underwood, BSc (Hons), PGCE, PhD, FBIS, MIEEE, MIAA

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Date: 18 August 2026
Time:
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Cost:
£24.25 – £27.25
Reference Code:
GI 26 087
Location:
Ward Street
Guildford, Surrey GU1 4LH
The Guildford Institute
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Overview

Known as America’s ‘man-in-space’ program, Project Mercury (1958-63) was the program through which the newly created US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) learned to put a man into orbit, to understand the technical requirements and medical effects of entering an unknown environment, and to bring him back alive. How did the NASA and the Mercury 7 accomplish this task?

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    • THE MERCURY 7 BY NASA ON THE COMMONS, SOURCE WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

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