Mercury-Redstone rocket
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The Mercury-Redstone rocket was an early American launch vehicle used by NASA to send the first U.S. astronauts on suborbital spaceflights during Project Mercury.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mercury-Redstone | 1 |
| Mercury-Redstone rocket canonical | 1 |
| U.S. Army Redstone rocket program | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
expendable launch system
ⓘ
launch vehicle ⓘ sounding rocket ⓘ |
| carriedAstronaut |
Alan Shepard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virgil I. Grissom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carriedSpacecraft | Mercury spacecraft ⓘ |
| controlSystem | aerodynamic fins and engine gimbaling ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewedLaunches | 2 ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Redstone missile family
ⓘ
surface form:
Redstone missile
|
| diameter | approximately 1.78 m ⓘ |
| engineType | A-7 rocket engine ⓘ |
| era | early 1960s ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1960-11-21 ⓘ |
| firstFlightMission | Mercury-Redstone 1A ⓘ |
| firstUSHumanSpaceflightVehicle | true ⓘ |
| flightProfile | suborbital trajectory ⓘ |
| fuel | ethyl alcohol ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem | inertial guidance ⓘ |
| height | approximately 25.4 m ⓘ |
| lastFlight | 1961-07-21 ⓘ |
| lastFlightMission | Mercury-Redstone 4 ⓘ |
| launchComplex |
Launch Complex 5
ⓘ
Launch Complex 6 ⓘ |
| launchDateOfFirstCrewedFlight | 1961-05-05 ⓘ |
| launchDateOfSecondCrewedFlight | 1961-07-21 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
|
| liftoffMass | approximately 30,000 kg ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Chrysler
ⓘ
surface form:
Chrysler Corporation
|
| maximumAltitudeCapability | about 190 km with Mercury capsule ⓘ |
| notableEvent | launched first American astronaut into space ⓘ |
| notableMission |
Mercury-Redstone 3
ⓘ
Mercury-Redstone 4 ⓘ |
| operator |
NASA
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army
|
| oxidizer | liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| partOf | early American human spaceflight program ⓘ |
| precededBy | Redstone missile test vehicles ⓘ |
| program |
Mercury program
ⓘ
surface form:
Project Mercury
|
| propellantType | liquid-fueled ⓘ |
| safetyFeature | launch escape system for Mercury capsule ⓘ |
| stages | single-stage ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
SM-65 Atlas
ⓘ
surface form:
Mercury-Atlas rocket
|
| successfulLaunches | 6 ⓘ |
| thrustAtLiftoff | about 350 kN ⓘ |
| totalLaunches | 6 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Mercury program
ⓘ
surface form:
Project Mercury
crewed suborbital spaceflight ⓘ test flights ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mercury-Redstone
this entity surface form:
U.S. Army Redstone rocket program