NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

Liberty Bell 7 (MR-4)

Launch Time
Fri Jul 21, 1961 12:20 UTC

Rocket

Mercury-Redstone
Image Credit: NASA
NASA
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 350 kN
Payload to LEO: 0 kg
Stages: 1
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 25.4 m

Mission Details

Mercury-Redstone 4

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 Launch Vehicle, MRLV-8. The spacecraft, Mercury capsule #11, was nicknamed the Liberty Bell 7, and it was piloted by the astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom.

Payloads: 1
Suborbital

Location

LC-5, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

Mercury-Redstone

6th mission
4th mission of 1961
5th successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission