National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationRedstone MRLVLaunch Complex 5, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 2
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 20th launch · 1st this year
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jan 31, 16:55 – Jan 31, 16:55 UTC
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Mercury-Redstone 2
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 Mercury. Carrying a chimpanzee named Ham on a suborbital flight, Mercury spacecraft Number 5 was launched at 16:55 UTC on January 31, 1961 from LC-5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The capsule and Ham landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean 16 minutes and 39 seconds after launch.
Test Flight · Suborbital (Sub)
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