launched fromUSA

Mercury-Atlas 1

Name: Mercury-Atlas 1
Start: 1960-07-29T13:13:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Failure

JUL 29196013:13:00 UTC

Excessive aerodynamic bending of the Mercury adapter interface results in Atlas structural failure T+58 seconds. First attempted launch of a Mercury capsule.

LIFTOFF

JUL 29 1960

13:13:00 UTC

Failure

launched fromLC-14Canaveral

aboardAtlas D50DintoSuborbital

Payload

Mercury-Atlas 1

Mercury test