Mercury-Atlas 5
Mercury-Atlas 5 was a Project Mercury orbital environmental-control test carrying spacecraft 9 and chimpanzee Enos for two orbits before the first human Mercury orbital mission.
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- Aliases
- MA-5Mercury Atlas 5Enos flight
- Name
- Mercury-Atlas 5
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Mercury-Atlas 5 was a Project Mercury orbital environmental-control test carrying spacecraft 9 and chimpanzee Enos for two orbits before the first human Mercury orbital mission.
- End Date
- 1961-11-29
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- The capsule completed two orbits and Enos was recovered safely, completing the final precursor orbital test before the first human Mercury orbital mission.
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- Start Date
- 1961-11-29
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- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 06:12:56 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 06:12:56 UTC
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