Mercury program

/ˌmʌrkjəri ˌproʊˈgræm/
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Definitions of Mercury program
  1. noun
    a program of rocket-powered flights undertaken by US between 1961 and 1963 with the goal of putting a man in orbit around the earth
    “under the Mercury program each flight had one astronaut”
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    space program
    a technological program intended to explore outer space
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