Aurora 7
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Aurora 7 was the NASA Mercury spacecraft piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter on the United States’ second crewed orbital spaceflight in 1962.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Mercury spacecraft ⓘ |
| astronaut | Scott Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| astronautNationality | American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callsign | Aurora 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewMember | Scott Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 1 ⓘ |
| crewSurvived | true ⓘ |
| followedBy | Sigma 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heatShieldType | ablative heat shield ⓘ |
| issue |
fuel consumption higher than planned
ⓘ
landing occurred off-target ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1962-05-24 ⓘ |
| landingDistanceFromPlanned | about 400 kilometers off course ⓘ |
| landingSite | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1962-05-24 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cape Canaveral, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlas LV-3B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| massAtLaunch | approximately 1,400 kilograms ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 4 hours 56 minutes ⓘ |
| missionNumber | MA-7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
evaluation of spacecraft systems on multiple orbits
ⓘ
observation of Earth and space from orbit ⓘ scientific experiments in orbit ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | partially successful ⓘ |
| missionType | crewed orbital spaceflight ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first and only spaceflight of astronaut Scott Carpenter
ⓘ
second United States crewed orbital spaceflight ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogee | about 267 kilometers ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | about 32.5 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPerigee | about 161 kilometers ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 3 ⓘ |
| pilot | Scott Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Friendship 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | Project Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveryBy |
USS Intrepid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
USS John R. Pierce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftConfiguration | single-crew Mercury capsule ⓘ |
| spacecraftManufacturer | McDonnell Aircraft Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftSeries | Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceflightOrderUS | second crewed orbital flight by the United States ⓘ |
| spaceflightOrderWorld | fourth crewed orbital flight in history ⓘ |
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