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 from LC-5 Canaveral
aboard Mercury-Redstone MR-1A into Suborbital
carrying 1,230 kg of payload
Payload
Mercury spacecraft #2
Landing & recovery
Descended under parachute