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MERCURY PROGRAM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mercury program mean?
• MERCURY PROGRAM (noun)
The noun MERCURY PROGRAM has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: MERCURY PROGRAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
under the Mercury program each flight had one astronaut
Instance hypernyms:
space program (a technological program intended to explore outer space)
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