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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 4
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 21, 1961, 10:35 p.m.
Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 4
Chrysler | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 21, 1961, 12:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Mercury-Redstone 4 was the second United States human spaceflight, on July 21, 1961. The suborbital Project Mercury flight was launched with a Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, MRLV-8. The spacecraft, Mercury capsule #11, was nicknamed the Liberty Bell 7, and it was piloted by the astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom.
Suborbital
Atlas LV-3A | MIDAS 3
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 12, 1961, 3:11 p.m.
Delta DM-19 | Tiros-3
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 12, 1961, 10:25 a.m.
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 26
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 7, 1961, 11:29 p.m.
Scout X-1 | S-55
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
June 30, 1961, 5:09 p.m.
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 4A & Injun-1 & Solrad 3
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 29, 1961, 4:23 a.m.
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 25
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 16, 1961, 11:02 p.m.
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 3
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 8, 1961, 9:16 p.m.
Juno II | S-45A
Army Ballistic Missile Agency | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 24, 1961, 7:48 p.m.
