Redstone rocket

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The Redstone rocket was an early American ballistic missile adapted by NASA as a reliable launch vehicle for the first crewed Mercury spaceflights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballistic missile ⓘ
launch vehicle ⓘ
configuration single-stage rocket ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
derivativeOf German V-2 rocket ⓘ
linked to: V-2 rocket
designer Wernher von Braun ⓘ
developer Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ
diameter approximately 1.78 meters ⓘ
enteredService 1958 ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
family Redstone missile family ⓘ
firstCrewedUSLaunchVehicle true ⓘ
firstFlight 1953 ⓘ
fuel ethyl alcohol ⓘ
guidanceSystem inertial guidance ⓘ
launchedAstronaut Alan Shepard ⓘ
Virgil I. Grissom ⓘ
linked to: Gus Grissom
launchedPayload Explorer 1 ⓘ
Mercury-Redstone 3 ⓘ
Mercury-Redstone 4 ⓘ
launchMass approximately 28,000 kilograms ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral ⓘ
White Sands Proving Ground ⓘ
length approximately 21 meters ⓘ
locationOfNameOrigin Huntsville, Alabama ⓘ
manufacturer Chrysler Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Chrysler
namedAfter Redstone Arsenal ⓘ
notableVariant Jupiter-C ⓘ
linked to: Jupiter-C rocket

Mercury-Redstone ⓘ
Sparta rocket ⓘ
linked to: Redstone rocket
operator United States Army Ordnance Corps ⓘ
oxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
propulsionType liquid-fueled rocket ⓘ
range approximately 320 kilometers ⓘ
retiredFromService 1964 ⓘ
role short-range ballistic missile ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Jupiter missile ⓘ
Saturn I ⓘ
thrustAtLiftoff approximately 350 kilonewtons ⓘ
usedAs test vehicle for guidance systems ⓘ
test vehicle for reentry technology ⓘ
usedBy NASA ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
usedForProgram Explorer satellite program ⓘ
Jupiter-C test program ⓘ
Project Mercury ⓘ
linked to: Mercury program

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Mercury program → launchVehicle → Redstone rocket ⓘ
Wernher von Braun → notableWork → Redstone rocket ⓘ
United States rocket program → developed → Redstone rocket ⓘ
Mercury-Redstone 3 → launchVehicle → Redstone MRLV ⓘ
linked to: Redstone rocket
Redstone rocket → notableVariant → Sparta rocket ⓘ
linked to: Redstone rocket
Mercury spacecraft → launchVehicle → Redstone rocket ⓘ
Mercury-Redstone 4 → launchVehicle → Redstone rocket ⓘ
Mercury-Redstone 4 → rocketType → Redstone MRLV ⓘ
linked to: Redstone rocket
A-4 rocket → influenced → U.S. Redstone rocket ⓘ
linked to: Redstone rocket
Project Orbiter → usedLaunchVehicleConcept → Redstone rocket ⓘ
Freedom 7 → launchRocket → Redstone rocket ⓘ
Freedom 7 → poweredBy → Redstone rocket ⓘ
MR-3 → launchVehicle → Redstone rocket ⓘ
LC-5 → launchVehicle → Redstone rocket ⓘ
Freedom 7 → launchVehicle → Redstone rocket ⓘ
subject linked to: Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7
Mercury-Redstone 2 → launchVehicle → Redstone rocket ⓘ
NASA Astronaut Group 1 → launchVehicleUsed → Redstone rocket ⓘ
Launch Complex 5 → launchedVehicle → Redstone rocket ⓘ
Ernst Stuhlinger → workedOn → Redstone rocket program ⓘ
linked to: Redstone rocket
Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph → notableWork → Redstone rocket ⓘ
Gemini launch vehicles → precededBy → Redstone launch vehicles ⓘ
linked to: Redstone rocket
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 6 → usedByRocket → Redstone rocket family ⓘ
linked to: Redstone rocket