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Mercury Project

Astronaut Virgil Gus Grissom awaits America's second marned space mission, Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) on July 21, 1961. During the 15-minute suborbital flight, the Liberty Bell 7 Mercury spacecraft reached an altitude of 118 miles and traveled 303 miles downrange. It was the fourth flight of the Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle (MR-4), developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and the rocket team in Huntsville, Alabama.

Date
1961-07-21
Collection
MSFC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"Mercury Project" (1961-07-21). NASA/MSFC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/9801799

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