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Mercury-Redstone

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 Mercury flights from 1960–61; culminating with the launch of the first, and 11 weeks later, the second American (and the second and third humans) in space. The four subsequent Mercury human spaceflights used the more powerful Atlas booster to enter low Earth orbit.

Missions: 6
Successes: 5
Partial Failures: 0
Failures: 1
Success Streak: 5
Success Rate: 83.3%
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Configurations

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

Launch Sites

LC-5, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Launches

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Mercury-Redstone | Liberty Bell 7 (MR-4)
Suborbital
Fri Jul 21, 1961 12:20 UTC
LC-5, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
NASA
Mercury-Redstone | Freedom 7 (MR-3)
Suborbital
Fri May 05, 1961 14:34 UTC
LC-5, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
NASA
Mercury-Redstone | Mercury-Redstone BD (MR-BD)
Suborbital
Fri Mar 24, 1961 17:30 UTC
LC-5, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
NASA
Mercury-Redstone | Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2)
Suborbital
Tue Jan 31, 1961 16:55 UTC
LC-5, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
NASA
Mercury-Redstone | Mercury-Redstone 1A (MR-1A)
Suborbital
Mon Dec 19, 1960 16:15 UTC
LC-5, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
NASA
Mercury-Redstone | Mercury-Redstone 1 (MR-1)
Suborbital
Mon Nov 21, 1960 14:00 UTC
LC-5, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA