Mercury-Redstone 1
Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle 1 was used for NASA's MR-1 qualification attempt on 21 November 1960. It rose only a few inches before premature booster cutoff, settled back onto the pad, and remained upright; a ground-connector sequencing fault caused the failure.
Identity
- Aliases
- Mercury-Redstone MR-1MR-1 launch vehicleRedstone 1
- Name
- Mercury-Redstone 1
- Slug
- mercury-redstone-1
- Status
- retired
Details
- Description
- Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle 1 was used for NASA's MR-1 qualification attempt on 21 November 1960. It rose only a few inches before premature booster cutoff, settled back onto the pad, and remained upright; a ground-connector sequencing fault caused the failure.
- Operator Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
- Vehicle Family Id
- nd7qknpvb5vnj8dpxq8q2rv6758aek1k
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- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 12:40:11 PM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 12:40:11 PM
Other
- First Flight Date
- 1960-11-21
- Last Flight Date
- 1960-11-21
- Serial Number
- 1
- Vehicle Code
- MR-1