MERCURY ROCKET LAUNCHES 1. Mercury-Redstone 2, 31 January, 1961 2. Mercury-Redstone 3, 5 May, 19613. Mercury-Redstone 4, July 21, 19614. Mercury-Atlas 4, 13 September, 19615. Mercury-Atlas 7, 24 May, 1926 Five vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based paper with "A Kodak Paper" watermark on verso, each 11 by 14 inches. Mercury-Redstone 2, launched on 31 January, 1961, was the penultimate test flight prior to the first manned American space mission in Project Mercury, carrying a chimpanzee named Ham on a suborbital flight. Mercury-Redstone 3, launched on 5 May, 1961 was the first United States human spaceflight, piloted by Alan Shepard. Mercury-Redstone 4, launched on July 21, 1961 was the second United States human spaceflight, and its spacecraft, Liberty Bell 7 was piloted by astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom. Mercury-Atlas 4, launched on 13 September, 1961, was an unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program in during which the spacecraft orbited the Earth once. Mercury-Atlas 7, launched on 24 May, 1962, was the fourth flight of Project Mercury. The spacecraft Aurora 7, piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter, made three Earth orbits.
MERCURY ROCKET LAUNCHES 1. Mercury-Redstone 2, 31 January, 1961 2. Mercury-Redstone 3, 5 May, 19613. Mercury-Redstone 4, July 21, 19614. Mercury-Atlas 4, 13 September, 19615. Mercury-Atlas 7, 24 May, 1926 Five vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based paper with "A Kodak Paper" watermark on verso, each 11 by 14 inches. Mercury-Redstone 2, launched on 31 January, 1961, was the penultimate test flight prior to the first manned American space mission in Project Mercury, carrying a chimpanzee named Ham on a suborbital flight. Mercury-Redstone 3, launched on 5 May, 1961 was the first United States human spaceflight, piloted by Alan Shepard. Mercury-Redstone 4, launched on July 21, 1961 was the second United States human spaceflight, and its spacecraft, Liberty Bell 7 was piloted by astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom. Mercury-Atlas 4, launched on 13 September, 1961, was an unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program in during which the spacecraft orbited the Earth once. Mercury-Atlas 7, launched on 24 May, 1962, was the fourth flight of Project Mercury. The spacecraft Aurora 7, piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter, made three Earth orbits.
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