Does anyone know what the objective of Mercury 6 was?

Question

I can't find it anywhere!

Answer 1

3 seconds on wikipedia and I found:
"The Mercury 6 mission was the first attempt by the U.S. and Mercury program to place an astronaut in orbit."
There is a lot more on the program, plus external links (nasa.gov is always a good place for information on NASA programs past, current, and future).

Answer 2

Hi. From the web "The Mercury 6 mission was the first attempt by the U.S. and Mercury program to place an astronaut in orbit." http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=Mercury+6&gwp=13