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Project Mercury first put free men into space. Its four manned orbital capsules were boosted into space by Atlas rockets launched by the United States Air Force from Complex 14, located 2200 feet east of this site at 28° 29' 27.1426" North Latitude and 80° 32' 49.6107" West Longitude. Technical reports of these flights were sealed in a capsule to be opened in the year 2464 A.D. In 1964 A.D., the achievement was dedicated to the thousands of men and women of the free world who contributed to the success of Project Mercury.
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