LC-5
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LC-5 is a historic launch complex at Cape Canaveral used for early U.S. crewed spaceflights during the Mercury program.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
launch complex ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
LC-4
ⓘ
LC-6 ⓘ |
| associatedWithAgency | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithAstronaut |
Alan Shepard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gus Grissom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithProgram | early U.S. human spaceflight ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era |
Cold War
ⓘ
Space Race NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstCrewedLaunch | 1961-05-05 ⓘ |
| firstCrewedMission | Mercury-Redstone 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | LC-5 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Launch Complex 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
blockhouse
ⓘ
launch pad ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic launch site ⓘ |
| launchedAstronaut |
Alan Shepard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virgil I. Grissom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchPadNumber | 5 ⓘ |
| launchType | suborbital crewed flights ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Mercury-Redstone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Redstone rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cape Canaveral
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Florida ⓘ |
| notableEvent | first American crewed spaceflight ⓘ |
| notableLaunch |
Freedom 7
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Liberty Bell 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury-Redstone 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury-Redstone 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
U.S. Space Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complexes 5 and 6 historic area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cape Canaveral launch complexes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | Project Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondCrewedMission | Mercury-Redstone 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | inactive ⓘ |
| tourism | occasionally open for public tours ⓘ |
| usedBy |
NASA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Department of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedDuring | early 1960s ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Project Mercury missions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
crewed spaceflights ⓘ space launches ⓘ |
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