The Mercury program was the first human spaceflight program for the United States, which took place from 1958 to 1963. Its main goal was to put a man into orbit around Earth. The seven astronauts of this program were:
* Alan Shepard
* Gus Grissom
* John Glenn
* Scott Carpenter
* Wally Schirra
* Gordon Cooper
* Deke Slayton
The first humans to land on the Moon were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who were part of the Apollo 11 mission, which took place in 1969. The Apollo missions were part of a subsequent program that followed the Mercury program, with the goal of landing on the Moon.
