July 21, 1961 at 12:20 PM UTC
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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July 21, 1961 at 12:20 PM UTC
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Launch Complex 5
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4394, -80.5733
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.
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Launch of Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7)
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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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