Mercury-Redstone 1
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Mercury-Redstone 1 was the first Mercury-Redstone uncrewed flight test in Project Mercury and the first attempt to launch a Mercury spacecraft with the Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle. Intended to be
MR-1 launching the escape rocket.
Fueling MR-1 in preparation for launch
MR-1 at the moment of ignition
Mercury spacecraft #2 in an unfinished state at Lewis Hangar in 1959
The Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, designed for NASA's Project Mercury, was the first American crewed space booster. It was used for six sub-orbital Mercury flights in 1960 and 1961, culminating wit
Mercury-Redstone 1
…1 (MR-1) was the first Mercury-Redstone uncrewed flight test in Project Mercury and the first attempt to launch a Mercury spacecraft with the Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle. Intended to be an uncrewed sub-orbital spaceflight, it was launched on November 21, 1960 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The launch…
Mercury-Redstone 2 launch carrying Ham, a chimpanzee, on 31 January 1961
Comparison of Mercury-Redstone (right) with Redstone missile and Jupiter-C
Mercury-Redstone prior to test-firing in the Redstone Test Stand at Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama
MSFC Mercury-Redstone Project Manager Joachim Kuettner (l) and center officials host MR-4 astronaut Gus Grissom (6th from l).