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MERCURY PROGRAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Example:
under the Mercury program each flight had one astronaut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
space program (a technological program intended to explore outer space)
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