Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 4
Launch Successful
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Sept. 13, 1961, 2:04 p.m. - Sept. 13, 1961, 2:04 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Sept. 13, 1961, 2:04 p.m. - Sept. 13, 1961, 2:04 p.m.
Mercury-Atlas 4 was an uncrewed suborbital test flight of the Mercury program.
The Atlas LV-3B, Atlas D Mercury Launch Vehicle or Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle, was a human-rated expendable launch system used as part of the United States Project Mercury to send astronauts into low Earth orbit. Manufactured by American aircraft manufacturing company Convair, it was derived from the SM-65D Atlas missile, and was a member of the Atlas family of rockets.
Mercury No.8 is the Mercury capsule used for the Mercury-Atlas 3 and 4 missions.
Mercury DetailsThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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