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Mercury-Atlas 1
Atlas LV-3B · Test Flight
1960Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral
Mission
Mercury-Atlas 1 (MA-1) was the first attempt to launch a Mercury capsule and occurred on July 29, 1960 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft was unmanned and carried no launch escape system. The Atlas rocket suffered a structural failure 58 seconds after launch at an altitude of approximately 30,000 feet (9.1 km) and 11,000 feet (3.4 km) down range.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- NASA
- Rocket
- Atlas LV-3B
- Orbit
- Sub
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 14
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2