Mercury-Redstone rocket

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The Mercury-Redstone rocket was an early American launch vehicle used by NASA to send the first U.S. astronauts on suborbital spaceflights during Project Mercury.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch system ⓘ
launch vehicle ⓘ
sounding rocket ⓘ
carriedAstronaut Alan Shepard ⓘ
Virgil I. Grissom ⓘ
linked to: Gus Grissom
carriedSpacecraft Mercury spacecraft ⓘ
controlSystem aerodynamic fins and engine gimbaling ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crewedLaunches 2 ⓘ
developedFrom Redstone missile ⓘ
diameter approximately 1.78 m ⓘ
engineType A-7 rocket engine ⓘ
era early 1960s ⓘ
firstFlight 1960-11-21 ⓘ
firstFlightMission Mercury-Redstone 1A ⓘ
firstUSHumanSpaceflightVehicle true ⓘ
flightProfile suborbital trajectory ⓘ
fuel ethyl alcohol ⓘ
guidanceSystem inertial guidance ⓘ
height approximately 25.4 m ⓘ
lastFlight 1961-07-21 ⓘ
lastFlightMission Mercury-Redstone 4 ⓘ
launchComplex Launch Complex 5 ⓘ
Launch Complex 6 ⓘ
launchDateOfFirstCrewedFlight 1961-05-05 ⓘ
launchDateOfSecondCrewedFlight 1961-07-21 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
liftoffMass approximately 30,000 kg ⓘ
manufacturer Chrysler Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Chrysler
maximumAltitudeCapability about 190 km with Mercury capsule ⓘ
notableEvent launched first American astronaut into space ⓘ
notableMission Mercury-Redstone 3 ⓘ
Mercury-Redstone 4 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to: United States Army
oxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
partOf early American human spaceflight program ⓘ
precededBy Redstone missile test vehicles ⓘ
program Project Mercury ⓘ
linked to: Mercury program
propellantType liquid-fueled ⓘ
safetyFeature launch escape system for Mercury capsule ⓘ
stages single-stage ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
succeededBy Mercury-Atlas rocket ⓘ
linked to: SM-65 Atlas
successfulLaunches 6 ⓘ
thrustAtLiftoff about 350 kN ⓘ
totalLaunches 6 ⓘ
usedFor Project Mercury ⓘ
linked to: Mercury program

crewed suborbital spaceflight ⓘ
test flights ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rocket Park → hasExhibit → Mercury-Redstone rocket ⓘ
Redstone rocket → notableVariant → Mercury-Redstone ⓘ
linked to: Mercury-Redstone rocket
Kurt Debus → participatedIn → U.S. Army Redstone rocket program ⓘ
linked to: Mercury-Redstone rocket
MR-3 → launchVehicle → Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Mercury-Redstone rocket
LC-5 → launchVehicle → Mercury-Redstone ⓘ
linked to: Mercury-Redstone rocket
Mercury-Redstone 2 → launchVehicle → Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Mercury-Redstone rocket
Redstone missile family → hasMember → Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Mercury-Redstone rocket
Launch Complex 5 → launchedVehicle → Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Mercury-Redstone rocket
Rocketdyne A-7 → usedIn → Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Mercury-Redstone rocket