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Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle

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 with the launch of the first and, eleven weeks later, the second Americans (and the second and third humans) in space. The four subsequent Mercury human…

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Burn time
143.5 s
Carries passengers or cargo
Mercury spacecraft
Country of origin
United States
Diameter
1.78 m (5.83 ft)
Failure
1
First flight
21 November 1960

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Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle

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Avg. degree1.96
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related to On display · 25
Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle → Air Zoo, Alabama, Bayamón, Ciencias Luis, Complex, Displayed, Durham, Ferré, Florida, Houston, Huntsville, Hutchinson, Kalamazoo, Kansas Cosmosphere, KansasMuseum, Kennedy Space Center Visitor, Launch Complex, Life, Merritt Island, Michigan
Mass · 2
Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle → 1,800 kg (4,000 lb), 30,000 kg (66,000 lb)
Burn time · 1
Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle → 143.5 s
Carries passengers or cargo · 1
Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle → Mercury spacecraft
Country of origin · 1
Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle → United States
Diameter · 1
Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle → 1.78 m (5.83 ft)
Failure · 1
Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle → 1
First flight · 1
Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle → 21 November 1960
Function · 1
Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle → Human-rated sub-orbital launch vehicle
Height · 1
Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle → 25.41 m (83.38 ft)

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleBurn time143.5 s1.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleCarries passengers or cargoMercury spacecraft1.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleCountry of originUnited States1.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleDiameter1.78 m (5.83 ft)1.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleFailure11.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleFirst flight21 November 19601.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleFunctionHuman-rated sub-orbital launch vehicle1.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleHeight25.41 m (83.38 ft)1.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleLast flight21 July 19611.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleLaunch sitesLaunch Complex 5, Cape Canaveral, Florida1.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleManufacturerChrysler Corporation1.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleMass30,000 kg (66,000 lb)1.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleMass1,800 kg (4,000 lb)1.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleMaximum thrust350 kN (78,000 lbf)1.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehiclePowered by1 Rocketdyne A-71.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehiclePropellantLOX/ethyl alcohol1.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleSpecific impulse215 s (2.11 km/s)1.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleStages11.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleStatusRetired1.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleSuccess(es)51.00infobox
Mercury-Redstone Launch VehicleTotal launches61.00infobox

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