Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
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.
Details
Type
Human Exploration
Orbit
Suborbital (Sub)
Location
Unknown
Date
Fri, Jul 21, 1961, 12:20
Weather
ProMission Patch
