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Mercury-Redstone 4 / Liberty Bell 7

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time21 Jul 196112:20:36 UTC

success

Orbit: Suborbital

Serial number: MR-4

The second US human spaceflight. Piloted by astronaut Gus Grissom.

Rocket Mercury-Redstone

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-5USA

Payloads

Total mass 1286 kg

NamePurposeMassComment
Mercury #11test flight--

Spacecraft landing

success
  • Type

    parachute

Crew

  • Virgil "Gus" Grissom USA