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- Mercury · Gemini · Apollo · Soyuz · Dragon · Orion · Starliner
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- Six decades of crewed flight
Mercury: America's First Ride to Space
1961–1963
One astronaut, tiny capsule, no room to move
Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 flew just 15 minutes — but changed everything
Built to answer one question: can humans survive space?
One astronaut, tiny capsule, no room to move
Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 flew just 15 minutes — but changed everything
Built to answer one question: can humans survive space?
Gemini: Learning to Live and Work in Space
1965–1966
Two astronauts, longer missions, first spacewalks
Practiced docking, maneuvering, and endurance — essential training for Apollo
Gemini 4 gave us America's first spacewalk; Gemini 8 nailed the first space docking
Two astronauts, longer missions, first spacewalks
Practiced docking, maneuvering, and endurance — essential training for Apollo
Gemini 4 gave us America's first spacewalk; Gemini 8 nailed the first space docking
Apollo: To the Moon and Back
1968–1975
Three astronauts, heat shields, lunar dreams
Apollo 11's Command Module brought Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins home from the first Moon landing
Reentered Earth's atmosphere at 25,000 mph, glowing like a shooting star
Three astronauts, heat shields, lunar dreams
Apollo 11's Command Module brought Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins home from the first Moon landing
Reentered Earth's atmosphere at 25,000 mph, glowing like a shooting star
Blue Origin: New Shepard and Suborbital Space
Designed for quick, reusable suborbital trips
First launched in 2015, with human flights starting in 2021
Panoramic windows and parachute landings
First launched in 2015, with human flights starting in 2021
Panoramic windows and parachute landings
SpaceX Dragon: Commercial Space Takes Off
2010–present
Carries astronauts to the ISS and back — the first private spacecraft to do so
Fully automated, touchscreen controls, reusable
Powered NASA's Crew Dragon and inspired a new space age
Carries astronauts to the ISS and back — the first private spacecraft to do so
Fully automated, touchscreen controls, reusable
Powered NASA's Crew Dragon and inspired a new space age
Boeing Starliner: NASA's Dual Provider Approach
Designed under NASA's Commercial Crew Program
Launches on an Atlas V and docks autonomously with the ISS
Reusable up to 10 times, crew-certified in 2024
Launches on an Atlas V and docks autonomously with the ISS
Reusable up to 10 times, crew-certified in 2024
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Mercury: America's First Ride to Space
1961–1963
- One astronaut, tiny capsule, no room to move
- Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 flew just 15 minutes — but changed everything
- Built to answer one question: can humans survive space?
Gemini: Learning to Live and Work in Space
1965–1966
- Two astronauts, longer missions, first spacewalks
- Practiced docking, maneuvering, and endurance — essential training for Apollo
- Gemini 4 gave us America's first spacewalk; Gemini 8 nailed the first space docking
Apollo: To the Moon and Back
1968–1975
- Three astronauts, heat shields, lunar dreams
- Apollo 11's Command Module brought Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins home from the first Moon landing
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere at 25,000 mph, glowing like a shooting star
Blue Origin: New Shepard and Suborbital Space
- Designed for quick, reusable suborbital trips
- First launched in 2015, with human flights starting in 2021
- Panoramic windows and parachute landings
SpaceX Dragon: Commercial Space Takes Off
2010–present
- Carries astronauts to the ISS and back — the first private spacecraft to do so
- Fully automated, touchscreen controls, reusable
- Powered NASA's Crew Dragon and inspired a new space age
Boeing Starliner: NASA's Dual Provider Approach
- Designed under NASA's Commercial Crew Program
- Launches on an Atlas V and docks autonomously with the ISS
- Reusable up to 10 times, crew-certified in 2024
From Mercury to Starliner, these capsules carried courage skyward. Wear the legacy.