Mercury 3
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| Mercury 3 | |
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| Statistik för uppdraget | |
|---|---|
| Uppdrag | Mercury-Redstone 3 |
| NSSDC-ID | MERCR3[1] |
| Anrop | Freedom 7 |
| Varaktighet | 15 minuter, 22 sekunder |
| Uppskjutning | |
| Raket | Redstone |
| Uppskjutningsramp | Cape Canaveral AFS, LC 5 |
| Uppskjutning | 5 maj 1961, 14:34:13 UTC |
| Landning | |
| Landning | 5 maj 1961, 14:49:35 UTC |
| Landningsplats | 27°13′42″N 75°53′00″V / 27.22833°N 75.88333°V |
| Omloppsbana | |
| Varv runt jorden | kastbana |
| Besättning | |
| Besättning | Alan Shepard |
 Alan B. Shepard, Jr. | |
Mercury 3 var NASA:s första bemannade färd till rymden i kastbanefärd. Astronauten Alan Shepard flög ombord i kapseln Freedom 7. Färden genomfördes 5 maj 1961 och varade i 15 minuter och 22 sekunder. Farkosten sköts upp med en Redstone-raket från Cape Kennedy Air Force Station.
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- ^ NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive Arkiverad 14 augusti 2016 hämtat från the Wayback Machine., läst 10 juli 2016.
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Vostok spacecraft replica at the Technik Museum Speyer, Germany.
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Alan Shepard in capsule aboard Freedom 7 before launch—1961 Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961. He launched aboard his Mercury-Redstone 3 rocket named Freedom 7--the suborbital flight lasted 15 minutes.
Alan Shepard in capsule aboard Freedom 7 before launch—1961 Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961. He launched aboard his Mercury-Redstone 3 rocket named Freedom 7--the suborbital flight lasted 15 minutes.
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Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April 27, 1959. The Freedom 7 spacecraft boosted by Mercury-Redstone vehicle for the MR-3 mission made the first manned suborbital flight and Astronaut Shepard became the first American in space.
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April 27, 1959. The Freedom 7 spacecraft boosted by Mercury-Redstone vehicle for the MR-3 mission made the first manned suborbital flight and Astronaut Shepard became the first American in space.
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