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Mercury-Atlas 7
Atlas LV-3B · Human Exploration
1962Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral
Mission
Mercury-Atlas 7 was the fourth crewed spaceflight for the United States. The spacecraft, named Aurora 7, carried the astronaut Scott Carpenter to orbit where it completed three orbits before returning to Earth. The mission lasted for 4 hours, 56 minutes & 5 seconds. Due to a targeting error during reentry the spacecraft splashed about 400 km off-course delaying the recovery efforts.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- NASA
- Rocket
- Atlas LV-3B
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 14
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2