Use the information in the slidesto create a TEAM poster…just like your

homework!1. (80 pts) listing the eight most important facts

and accomplishments of this project.2. (5 pts) Include a hand drawing of the insignia.3. (5 pts) Include a hand drawing of the rocket4. (10 pts) Give it a title…the project’s name5. Be sure to make the writing easy to read…and

colorful!

Project Mercury

•Was the USA’s first rocket to go into space. •Carried chimpanzees Ham and Enos into space.•Carried 1st astronaut Alan Shepard into space.•Flew John Glenn around the earth three times•Carried first American astronaut to stay in space for over 24 hours: Leroy Cooper•Capsule size is small, only about six feet across the bottom!•The capsule only weighed about 3,000 pounds! That’s less than one car!

Mercury’s insignia!

Kind of cramped inside!

Only needed 3 small engines to lift off

Smallest rocket NASA flew into space

Landing: Splashdown