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A 204-page volume with a blue cover titled “Results of the First United States Manned Orbital Space Flight, February 20, 1962,” a comprehensive account of the MA-6 mission on February 20, 1962, featuring an illustration of the Mercury capsule and, on the cover, a stamp dated October 29, 1998, the day of John Glenn’s second flight into space with the launch of the space shuttle Discovery for mission STS-95. MERCURY MISSIONS—The first U.S. manned space program: Six flights took place between May 5, 1961, and May 15, 1963: -Alan Shepard (first American in space): May 5, 1961 -Gus Grissom, Mercury Redstone-4 mission (July 21, 1961) -John Glenn, Mercury Atlas-6 mission (February 20, 1962) -Scott Carpenter, Mercury Atlas-7 mission (May 24, 1962) -Walter Schirra, Mercury Atlas-8 mission (October 3, 1962) -Gordon Cooper, Mercury Atlas-9 mission (May 15, 1963)