Mercury-Redstone 2
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Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) was the test flight of the Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle just prior to the first crewed American space mission in Project Mercury. Carrying a chimpanzee named Ham on a suborbital flight, Mercury spacecraft Number 5 was launched at 16:55 UTC on January 31, 1961, from LC-5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The capsule and Ham, the first great ape in space, landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean 16 minutes and 39 seconds after launch.
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Mission type | Test flight |
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Operator | NASA |
Mission duration | 16 minutes, 39 seconds |
Distance travelled | 679 kilometers (422 mi) |
Apogee | 253 kilometers (157 mi) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Mercury No.5 |
Manufacturer | McDonnell Aircraft |
Launch mass | 1,203 kilograms (2,652 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 1 chimpanzee |
Members | Ham |
Callsign | Mercury-Redstone 2 |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | January 31, 1961, 16:55 (1961-01-31UTC16:55Z) UTC |
Rocket | Redstone MRLV MR-2 |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-5 |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | USS Donner |
Landing date | January 31, 1961, 17:12 (1961-01-31UTC17:13Z) UTC |
Ham Project Mercury Mercury-Redstone series |
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