Suborbital Spaceflights

Mercury 4

Liberty Bell 7

USA

 Patch Mercury 4 Mercury project patch

Launch and landing data

Launch date:  21.07.1961
Launch time:  12:20 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral
Launch pad:  LC-5
Altitude:  190,4 km
Landing date:  21.07.1961
Landing time:  12:36 UT
Landing site:  27° 32' N, 75° 44' W
Virgil Grissom

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Duration
1 USA  Grissom  Virgil Ivan "Gus"  Pilot 15m 37sec 

Crew seating arrangement

1  Grissom
Mercury

Backup Crew

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

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Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral; second US spaceflight (suborbital); Grissom was recovered by the destroyer USS Randolph; the spacecraft sunk.

Photos / Drawings

Mercury spaceship Mercury spaceship
Mercury control panel Mercury 4 rollout
Mercury 4 launch Mercury 4 landing
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Last update on July 14, 2009.

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