Question

What was the purpose of Project Mercury?

A.
to land on and explore the moon


B.
to orbit, rendezvous, and dock spacecraft


C.
to see if a man could survive in outer space and reenter the earth's atmosphere


D.
to test the effects of prolonged spaceflight on the human body

Answer 1

The goal was to orbit a spacecraft around the Earth. It has people in it. So the answer is B.