Editing Project Mercury (section)

===Commemorations===
In 1964, a monument commemorating Project Mercury was unveiled near Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, featuring a metal logo combining the symbol of Mercury with the number 7.<ref name="Monument" />  This design was first issued to the Mercury astronauts in 1960 as a lapel pin.<ref name="pin">{{Cite web |last=Pearlman |first=Robert Z. |date=2020-01-06 |title='Pin'-nacle Achievement: The Story Behind NASA's Astronaut Pin |url=https://www.space.com/nasa-astronaut-pin-history.html |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=Space.com |language=en}}</ref>  In 1962, the [[United States Postal Service]] honored the Mercury-Atlas 6 flight with a Project Mercury commemorative stamp, the first US postal issue to depict a crewed spacecraft.<ref name="GlennStamp" />{{refn|The stamp first went on sale in Cape Canaveral, Florida on February 20, 1962, the same day as the first crewed orbital flight.<ref name="GlennStamp" /> On May 4, 2011, the Postal Service released a stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of ''Freedom 7'', the first flight of the project with people onboard.<ref name="ShepardStamp" />|group=n}} 
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Project Mercury Pad14.jpg|Mercury monument at Launch Complex 14, 1964
Project_Mercury_4¢_US_Postage_stamp_February_20,_1962_FDC_Scott_-1193.jpg|Commemorative [[U.S. space exploration history on U.S. stamps#Project Mercury Issue of 1962|Project Mercury 4¢ US Postage stamp]]{{refn|group=n|The stamp was issued February 20, 1962, the day of John Glenn's flight in ''Friendship 7''. This one has a [[First day of issue]] postmark from Cape Canaveral post office.}}
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