Suborbital Spaceflights

Mercury 4

Liberty Bell 7

USA

Launch and landing data

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

walkout photo

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Crew

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

Crew seating arrangement

1  Grissom

Backup Crew

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

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Flight

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

Photos / Drawings

 
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Last update on October 28, 2010.