launched fromUSA

Mercury-Redstone BD

Name: Mercury-Redstone BD
Start: 1961-03-24T17:30:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

MAR 24196117:30:00 UTC

The ultimate test before the first American manned flight. The test was highly successful.

LIFTOFF

MAR 24 1961

17:30:00 UTC

Success

launched from LC-5 Canaveral

aboard Mercury-Redstone MR-BD into Suborbital

carrying 1,141 kg of payload

Payload

Mercury boilerplate

Splashed down in the sea