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\<COLOUR 1> SPACECRAFT: \<COLOUR 0> Mercury
\<COLOUR 1> LENGTH: \<COLOUR 0> 2.9 metres
\<COLOUR 1> MAX DIAMETER: \<COLOUR 0> 1.9 metres
\<COLOUR 1> WEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 1.9 tonnes (including escape tower)
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLES: \<COLOUR 0> Redstone, Atlas
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> One-man spacecraft used for the pioneering US manned flights; fist used on Mercury 3 suborbital flight, May 1961; final flight on Mercury 9, May 1963.