launched from USA

Mercury-Redstone 1

Failure
NOV 21196014:00:00 UTC

The first Mercury-Redstone unmanned flight test in Project Mercury. The launch was aborted at liftoff due to electrical fault.

launched from LC-5 Canaveral

aboard Mercury-Redstone MR-1 into Suborbital

carrying 1,230 kg of payload

Payload

Mercury spacecraft #2