Mercurial Manhattan Project
1962 4¢ Project Mercury stamp with ‘Manhattan Station’ cancellation mark. Project Mercury was the next big project by the industrial military complex after the Manhattan Project. Storing uranium in a building on Wall Street, they needed more space - so they moved it to New Mexico where they made a bomb that made even the aliens scared.
Turning a nuclear weapon into a rocket ship, on Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn launched on the Friendship 7 flight, aka Mercury 6, the first human orbital flight for NASA. This stamp was kept secret by the USPS and was released upon successful splashdown of the Mercurial capsule.
Turning a nuclear weapon into a rocket ship, on Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn launched on the Friendship 7 flight, aka Mercury 6, the first human orbital flight for NASA. This stamp was kept secret by the USPS and was released upon successful splashdown of the Mercurial capsule.