Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 5
Launch Successful
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Nov. 29, 1961, 3:07 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Nov. 29, 1961, 3:07 p.m. - Nov. 29, 1961, 3:07 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Nov. 29, 1961, 3:07 p.m. - Nov. 29, 1961, 3:07 p.m.
Mercury-Atlas 5 was an American spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched on November 29, 1961, with Enos, a chimpanzee, aboard. The craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down about 200 miles (320 km) south of Bermuda, and Enos became the first primate from the United States and the third great ape to orbit the Earth.
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.9 is the Mercury capsule used for the Mercury-Atlas 5 mission.
Mercury Details
The 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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