Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 2

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Government)
• Rocket: Atlas LV-3B — Atlas family

Mission

Mercury-Atlas 2 (MA-2) was an unmanned test flight of the Mercury program using the Atlas rocket. It launched on February 21, 1961 at 14:10 UTC, from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

• Type: Test Flight
• Orbit: Suborbital (Sub)

Launch Site

• Pad: Space Launch Complex 14
• Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Program

• Mercury — Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. (Wikipedia)