Mercury-Atlas 1 - rocket launch details

Launch time29 Jul 196013:13 UTC

failure

Orbit: Suborbital

Serial number: 50D

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

Mission
Rocket
Payloads

Rocket AtlasD

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-14USA

Payloads

Name	Purpose	Mass	Comment
Mercury-Atlas 1	Mercury test	-	-

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Payloads

Rocket AtlasD