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Mercury-Redstone 3 / Freedom 7

Rocket launch

by USA

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

Payloads

Total mass 1830 kg

NamePurposeMassComment
Mercury #7test flight--

Spacecraft landing

success
  • Type

    parachute

Crew

  • Alan Shepard USA