Mercury-Redstone 3 / Freedom 7 - rocket launch details

Launch time5 May 196114:34:13 UTC

success

Orbit: Suborbital

Serial number: MR-3

The first US human spaceflight piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard.

Rocket Mercury-Redstone

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-5USA

Total mass 1830 kg

Name	Purpose	Mass	Comment
Mercury #7	test flight	-	-

success