Mercury-Redstone 1 (MR-1) was the first Mercury-Redstone uncrewed flight test in Project Mercury and the first attempt to launch a Mercury spacecraft with...
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Mercury-Redstone 1A (MR-1A) was launched on December 19, 1960 from LC-5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission objectives of this uncrewed suborbital...
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The Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, designed for NASA's Project Mercury, was the first American crewed space booster. It was used for six sub-orbital...
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with Miss Sam, 1960 Mercury-Redstone 1: launch escape system lift-off after 4'' launch, 1960 Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham, 1961 Mercury-Atlas 5: Enos, 1961...
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Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) was the test flight of the Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle just prior to the first crewed American space mission in Project...
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Mercury-Redstone 4 was the second United States human spaceflight, on July 21, 1961. The suborbital Project Mercury flight was launched with a Mercury-Redstone...
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Mercury-Redstone 3, or Freedom 7, was the first United States human spaceflight, on May 5, 1961, piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard. It was the first crewed...
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The Juno 1 version of the Redstone launched Explorer 1, the first U.S. orbital satellite in 1958 and the Mercury-Redstone variation carried the first...
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(disambiguation) Mercury-Redstone 1, a 1960 space flight test Mercury-Redstone 1A Mercury-Atlas 1, a 1960 space flight test Mercury-Scout 1, a 1961 spacecraft...
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Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5 (category Project Mercury)
Grissom's July, 1961, Mercury-Redstone 4 flight. The Mercury-Redstone 1 pad abort, Mercury-Redstone 1A, and the January, 1961, Mercury-Redstone 2 with a chimpanzee...
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