Mercury-Redstone 3
Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle 3 replaced booster 1 for NASA's MR-1A mission on 19 December 1960. The successful uncrewed suborbital flight qualified the spacecraft-launch-vehicle combination, abort system, recovery operations, and key spacecraft systems.
Identity
- Aliases
- Mercury-Redstone MR-1AMR-1A launch vehicleRedstone 3
- Name
- Mercury-Redstone 3
- Slug
- mercury-redstone-3
- Status
- retired
Details
- Description
- Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle 3 replaced booster 1 for NASA's MR-1A mission on 19 December 1960. The successful uncrewed suborbital flight qualified the spacecraft-launch-vehicle combination, abort system, recovery operations, and key spacecraft systems.
- Operator Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
- Vehicle Family Id
- nd7qknpvb5vnj8dpxq8q2rv6758aek1k
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- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 12:40:16 PM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 12:40:16 PM
Other
- First Flight Date
- 1960-12-19
- Last Flight Date
- 1960-12-19
- Serial Number
- 3
- Vehicle Code
- MR-1A