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United States aims for first manned space flight
Washington report outlines NASA Project Mercury steps to reach a manned orbital flight. It details two preflight tests the Hop and the Skip, outlining capsule tests, weightlessness experiments, and the planned flight profile for the Seven Astronauts.
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