Mercury-Atlas 5
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Mercury-Atlas 5 was a 1961 NASA test flight of the Mercury spacecraft carrying the chimpanzee Enos, serving as a crucial precursor to the first American crewed orbital mission.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mercury program mission
ⓘ
spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| animalAstronaut | Enos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| animalSurvival | Enos survived the flight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAstronaut | John Glenn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewSize | 1 (non-human) ⓘ |
| crewType | non-human primate ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 3 hours ⓘ |
| enabledMission | Mercury-Atlas 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early Space Race ⓘ |
| followedBy | Mercury-Atlas 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1961-11-29 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1961-11-29 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cape Canaveral, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlas LV-3B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| missionType |
orbital spaceflight
ⓘ
test flight ⓘ |
| notableAs | final unmanned orbital test flight before first American crewed orbital mission ⓘ |
| numberOfOrbitsCompleted | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfOrbitsPlanned | 3 ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogee | approximately 237 kilometers ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | about 32.5 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPerigee | approximately 159 kilometers ⓘ |
| payload | Enos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| payloadType | chimpanzee ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mercury-Atlas 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | test Mercury spacecraft systems in orbital flight with a primate passenger ⓘ |
| program | Project Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForEarlyTermination | spacecraft technical problems ⓘ |
| recoveryBy | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveryShip | USS Stormes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | validated Mercury spacecraft environmental control and guidance systems for human orbital flight ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Mercury spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftName | Mercury No. 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftSerialNumber | Spacecraft 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testingFocus |
attitude control system
ⓘ
life-support systems ⓘ reentry and recovery procedures ⓘ |
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