Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 4

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Government)
• Rocket: Redstone MRLV — Redstone family

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.

• Type: Human Exploration
• Orbit: Suborbital (Sub)

Launch Site

• Pad: Launch Complex 5
• 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)