Mercury-Atlas 3
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Mercury-Atlas 3 was an unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched unmanned on April 25, 1961 at 16:15 UTC, from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Mercury capsule cont
Launch of MA-3
Mercury-Atlas 1
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Mercury-Atlas 1 was the first attempt to launch a Mercury capsule and occurred on July 29, 1960 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft was uncrewed and carried no launch escape system. The Atlas r
Mercury-Atlas 3
…incorporated a number of technical improvements including thicker skin to handle the added weight of the Mercury capsule and prevent a recurrence of the Mercury-Atlas 1 failure. In addition, it sported a new, transistorized telemetry unit to replace the old-fashioned system used on previous Atlas vehicles which utilized…
MA-1 liftoff
The reconstructed MA-1 spacecraft after debris recovery
The hatch at the American Space Museum