launched fromUSA
Mercury-Redstone 1A
Success
DEC 19196016:15:00 UTCThe mission objectives of this unmanned suborbital flight were to qualify the spacecraft for space flight and qualify the system for an upcoming primate suborbital flight.
LIFTOFF
DEC 19 196016:15:00 UTC
Success
launched fromLC-5Canaveral
aboardMercury-RedstoneMR-1AintoSuborbital
carrying1,230 kgof payload
Payload
Mercury spacecraft #2
Landing & recovery
descendedunderparachuteSuccess
