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The US project to put a human in space in the
one-seat Mercury spacecraft 1961-63. The
first two Mercury flights, on Redstone
rockets, were short flights to the edge of
space and back. The orbital flights,
beginning with the third in the series (made
by John Glenn), were launched by Atlas
rockets. English novelist and poet. He
published the first realistic psychological
novel The Ordeal of Richard Feverel 1859.
Later works include Evan Harrington 1861, The
Egoist 1879, Diana of the Crossways 1885, and
The Amazing Marriage 1895. His best verse is
in Modern Love 1862.