January 31, 1961 at 4:55 PM UTC
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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January 31, 1961 at 4:55 PM UTC
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Launch Complex 5
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4394, -80.5733
Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) was the test flight of the Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle just prior to the first crewed American space mission in Project Mercury. Carrying a chimpanzee named Ham on a suborbital flight, Mercury spacecraft Number 5 was launched at 16:55 UTC on January 31, 1961 from LC-5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The capsule and Ham landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean 16 minutes and 39 seconds after launch.
Redstone · MRLV
Height
25.41 m
Diameter
1.78 m
LEO capacity
0 kg
Successful launches
5
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
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