MR-3
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MR-3 is the designation for Mercury-Redstone 3, the NASA mission that carried Alan Shepard on the first American crewed spaceflight in 1961.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mercury program mission
ⓘ
crewed suborbital flight ⓘ spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| apogee |
187.5 km
ⓘ
about 116 miles ⓘ |
| astronautNationality | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| astronautRole | pilot ⓘ |
| capsuleManufacturer | McDonnell Aircraft Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capsuleName | Freedom 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Alan Shepard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCallsSign | Freedom 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewEgress | recovered at sea after splashdown ⓘ |
| crewMember | Alan Shepard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 1 ⓘ |
| firstOf | first American crewed spaceflight ⓘ |
| flightProfile | suborbital ballistic trajectory ⓘ |
| followedBy |
MR-4
ⓘ
Mercury-Redstone 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Freedom 7 mission
ⓘ
Mercury-Redstone 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
demonstrated Mercury spacecraft performance with a human on board
ⓘ
first U.S. human spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| landingSite | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingType | splashdown ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1961-05-05 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Redstone rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 00:15:28 ⓘ |
| missionType | crewed suborbital spaceflight ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf | Project Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | uncrewed Mercury-Redstone test flights ⓘ |
| programGoal | demonstrate manned spaceflight capability ⓘ |
| rangeDownrange |
486 km
ⓘ
about 302 miles ⓘ |
| recoveryShip | USS Lake Champlain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Space Race NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedMission | Vostok 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rocketFamily | Redstone family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| safetyFeatureTested | Mercury escape system ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
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