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Go For Launch: Mercury

Re-live the early days of spaceflight in the accurate, detailed and exciting simulation of the Mercury spacecraft.

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July 4, 2021
5 years and 30 days ago
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About the Game

Re-live the early days of space flight in Go For Launch: Mercury, the first in a series of games exploring the early days of space flight.

With full integration for either a standard computer monitor or full VR via a headset GFL:Mercury takes you on the ultimate adventure into space and let you re-live the exact experiences of those early pioneers, the Mercury Seven.

key Features


Fully functioning, interactive spacecraft interiors and exteriors. Each individually crafted to accurately portray the changes in design and loadout.

Complete missions from the mercury program.

Detailed models of the Atlas and Redstone rockets.

A full scale recreation of earth as seen from low orbit.

GFL: Mercury is designed to be as authentic and accurate as possible. It is an educational product as well as an entertainment project, suitable for use by schools and colleges to educate and engage students in the fields of astronomy, spaceflight and history.