Aurora 7 (MA-7)

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

12:45:16

Thursday May 24, 1962

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7)

Wiki

Mercury-Atlas 7, launched May 24, 1962, was the fourth flight of Project Mercury. The Mercury spacecraft, named Aurora 7, made three Earth orbits, piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter. He was the sixth human and the fourth American in space.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

1,350 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Atlas-D Mercury

Active 1959 to 1963

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo

Agency

NASA

Rocket

Height: 28.7m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 1,360 kg

Liftoff Thrust

1,880 Kilonewtons

Stages

2

Launch Site

LC-14

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

14 days 23 hours

Stats

Atlas LV-3B


8th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1962

1962


24th

Orbital launch attempt