Mercury-Redstone 5
Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle 5 flew the MR-BD booster-development mission on 24 March 1961. Added after MR-2 to verify corrective changes before crewed flight, the boilerplate-spacecraft mission was fully successful and qualified the booster for human missions.
Identity
- Aliases
- Mercury-Redstone MR-BDMercury-Redstone Booster DevelopmentMRBD launch vehicleRedstone 5
- Name
- Mercury-Redstone 5
- Slug
- mercury-redstone-5
- Status
- retired
Details
- Description
- Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle 5 flew the MR-BD booster-development mission on 24 March 1961. Added after MR-2 to verify corrective changes before crewed flight, the boilerplate-spacecraft mission was fully successful and qualified the booster for human missions.
- Operator Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
- Vehicle Family Id
- nd7qknpvb5vnj8dpxq8q2rv6758aek1k
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- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 12:40:27 PM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 12:40:27 PM
Other
- First Flight Date
- 1961-03-24
- Last Flight Date
- 1961-03-24
- Serial Number
- 5
- Vehicle Code
- MR-BD