Suborbital Spaceflights

Mercury 3

Freedom 7

USA

Launch and landing data

Launch date:  05.05.1961
Launch time:  14:34 UTC
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral
Launch pad:  LC-5
Altitude:  187,5 km
Landing date:  05.05.1961
Landing time:  14:49 UTC
Landing site:  27° 13.7' N, 75° 53' W

walkout photo

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position Duration
1  Shepard  Alan Bartlett, Jr. "Al"  Pilot 15m 22sec 

Crew seating arrangement

1  Shepard

Backup Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position
1  Glenn  John Herschel, Jr.  Pilot

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Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral; first US spaceflight (suborbital); spacecraft was recovered by the destroyer USS Champlain.

Photos / Drawings

 
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Last update on January 14, 2012.