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Encarta Answers  | Mercury Program: The first United States manned space program, conducted from 1961 to 1963. Named for the fleet-footed messenger of Roman mythology, the Mercury program was intended to put a manned spacecraft into Earth's orbit and to investigate a human being's ability to survive and work effectively in the harsh environment of space. |
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