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National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLaunch SuccessfulHuman ExplorationRedstone MRLV
Launched 1961-07-21 12:20 UTCLaunch Complex 5, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Suborbital
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
11th
launch this year
Launch Complex 5
4th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
76 d 21 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1958 · Administrator Jared Isaacman
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Launches
142
Successful
122
86%
Upcoming
5
scheduled
Height
25.4m
Diameter
1.8m
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