Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7
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Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 was the capsule that carried astronaut Alan Shepard on the first American crewed spaceflight in 1961.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alan Shepard’s Freedom 7 capsule | 1 |
| Mercury spacecraft No. 7 | 1 |
| Project Mercury mission MR-3 (Freedom 7) | 1 |
| Freedom 7 | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Mercury spacecraft ⓘ |
| apogee |
about 116.5 miles
ⓘ
about 187.5 kilometers ⓘ |
| astronautRole | pilot ⓘ |
| callSign | Freedom 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capsuleNumber | Mercury spacecraft No. 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carriedAstronaut | Alan Shepard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCompartmentVolume |
about 1.7 cubic meters
ⓘ
about 60 cubic feet ⓘ |
| crewSize | 1 ⓘ |
| currentCity | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocation | John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentState | Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| downrangeDistance |
about 302 miles
ⓘ
about 486 kilometers ⓘ |
| firstAmericanCrewedSpaceflight | true ⓘ |
| firstUSHumanSpaceflight | true ⓘ |
| flightDurationMinutes | 15 ⓘ |
| flightDurationSeconds | 28 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Liberty Bell 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heatShieldType | ablative heat shield ⓘ |
| landingMethod | ocean splashdown ⓘ |
| launchComplex | Launch Complex 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1961-05-05 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Cape Canaveral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Redstone rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | McDonnell Aircraft Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration | about 15 minutes ⓘ |
| missionName | Mercury-Redstone 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType | suborbital spaceflight ⓘ |
| namedBy | Alan Shepard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | symbolized individual freedom and Project Mercury’s seven astronauts ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| precededBy | uncrewed Mercury test flights ⓘ |
| primaryMissionObjective |
demonstrate manned spaceflight capability
ⓘ
study human performance in space ⓘ |
| program | Project Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveryMethod | U.S. Navy recovery ⓘ |
| recoveryShip | USS Lake Champlain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reentryMethod | ballistic reentry ⓘ |
| spacecraftMass |
about 1,940 kilograms
ⓘ
about 4,280 pounds ⓘ |
| spacecraftSeries | Mercury spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mercury spacecraft No. 7
this entity surface form:
Project Mercury mission MR-3 (Freedom 7)
this entity surface form:
Alan Shepard’s Freedom 7 capsule