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Success · Wed, May 15 · 1:04 PM UTC

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Atlas LV-3B · Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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October 1962

Oct3WedMercury-Atlas 8NASA · Atlas LV-3B · Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USALow Earth OrbitSuccess12:15 PM UTC

May 1962

May24ThuMercury-Atlas 7NASA · Atlas LV-3B · Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USALow Earth OrbitSuccess12:45 PM UTC

February 1962

Feb20TueMercury-Atlas 6NASA · Atlas LV-3B · Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USALow Earth OrbitSuccess2:47 PM UTC

November 1961

Nov29WedMercury-Atlas 5NASA · Atlas LV-3B · Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USALow Earth OrbitSuccess3:07 PM UTC

September 1961

Sep13WedMercury-Atlas 4NASA · Atlas LV-3B · Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USALow Earth OrbitSuccess2:04 PM UTC

July 1961

Jul21FriMercury-Redstone 4NASA · Redstone MRLV · Launch Complex 5, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USASuborbitalSuccess12:20 PM UTC

May 1961

May5FriMercury-Redstone 3NASA · Redstone MRLV · Launch Complex 5, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USASuborbitalSuccess2:34 PM UTC

April 1961

Apr28FriLJ-5BNASA · Little Joe · Launch Area 4, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USASuborbitalSuccess2:03 PM UTC
Apr25TueMercury-Atlas 3NASA · Atlas LV-3B · Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USASuborbitalFailure4:15 PM UTC

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