Mercury-Atlas 2
Mercury-Atlas 2 was the second uncrewed Mercury spacecraft and Atlas qualification flight. On February 21, 1961, the successful suborbital mission qualified strengthened spacecraft-Atlas interfaces and subjected spacecraft 6 to severe reentry heating and aerodynamic loads.
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- Mercury-Atlas 2MA-2Atlas 67-DSpacecraft 6
- Name
- Mercury-Atlas 2
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Mercury-Atlas 2 was the second uncrewed Mercury spacecraft and Atlas qualification flight. On February 21, 1961, the successful suborbital mission qualified strengthened spacecraft-Atlas interfaces and subjected spacecraft 6 to severe reentry heating and aerodynamic loads.
- End Date
- 1961-02-21
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- Outcome
- Successful suborbital qualification of strengthened spacecraft-Atlas interfaces and Mercury spacecraft reentry performance.
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- Start Date
- 1961-02-21
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- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 05:41:22 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 05:41:22 UTC
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