Mercury-Redstone 3
The first United States human spaceflight, a suborbital Project Mercury mission that carried Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7.
Identity
- Aliases
- Freedom 7MR-3
- Name
- Mercury-Redstone 3
- Slug
- mercury-redstone-3
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- The first United States human spaceflight, a suborbital Project Mercury mission that carried Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7.
- End Date
- 1961-05-05
- Launch Site Id
- qh7609gx1y0dvbfq1c38fnejah7kqppv
- Outcome
- Success
- Program
- Project Mercury
- Start Date
- 1961-05-05
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 6/29/2026, 4:50:03 AM
- Updated Time
- 6/29/2026, 4:50:03 AM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
- Role
- Operator
- Crew
- Astronaut Id
- td77m8420p108tdd5kk2yrnfn97v3pgb
- Role
- Pilot