Mercury
Mercury commonly refers to:
* Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun
* Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg
* Mercury (mythology), a Roman god
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Redstone 1A (MR-1A) was launched on December 19, 1960 from
LC-5 at
Cape Canaveral
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Florida. The mission objectives of this uncrewed suborbital flight were to
qualify
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* Professional qualification, attributes developed by obtaining academic degrees or through professional exper ...
the spacecraft for space flight and qualify the system for an upcoming primate suborbital flight. The spacecraft tested its instrumentation, posigrade rockets,
retrorockets and recovery system. The mission was completely successful. The Mercury capsule reached an altitude of and a range of . The launch vehicle reached a slightly higher velocity than expected - . The Mercury spacecraft was recovered from the
Atlantic Ocean by recovery helicopters about 15 minutes after landing. Serial numbers: Mercury Spacecraft #2 was reflown on MR-1A, together with the escape tower from Capsule #8 and the antenna fairing from Capsule #10. Redstone MRLV-3 was used. The flight time was 15 minutes and 45 seconds.
Mercury-Redstone suborbital flight events
Current location
Mercury spacecraft #2, used in both the
Mercury-Redstone 1
Mercury-Redstone 1 (MR-1) was the first Mercury-Redstone uncrewed flight test in Project Mercury and the first attempt to launch a Mercury spacecraft with the Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle. Intended to be an uncrewed sub-orbital spaceflight, it ...
and Mercury-Redstone 1A missions, was displayed at the
NASA Ames Exploration Center
The NASA Gift Shop in Silicon Valley (also called the NASA Ames Visitor Center) is a visitor center at the entrance of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. The center has the following exhibits:
* The Mercury-Redstone 1A capsu ...
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Moffett Federal Airfield, near
Mountain View,
California until 2022 when it was relocated to the
Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, NY.
Notes
See also
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Splashdown
References
This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury - NASA SP-4201
External links
"Space Progress: 'Man-In-Space' Capsule Recovery Successful" a December 22, 1960
Universal-International newsreel briefly covering the Mercury-Redstone 1A mission. Courtesy of the
Internet Archive.
Mercury spacecraft #2 display page on "A Field Guide to American Spacecraft" website.
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