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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.
Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 3
Chrysler | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 5, 1961, 2:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Mercury-Redstone 3, or Freedom 7, was the first United States human spaceflight, on May 5, 1961, piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard. It was the first manned flight of Project Mercury, the objective of which was to put an astronaut into orbit around the Earth and return him safely. Shepard's mission was a 15-minute suborbital flight with the primary objective of demonstrating his ability to withstand the high g-forces of launch and atmospheric re-entry.
Suborbital
