Everything you never knew you wanted to know about the Mercury Project
MR-1
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Description of Mission
From SP-45 Mercury project summary
The Mercury-Redstone 1 (MR-1), which was to provide qualification of a nearly complete production spacecraft number 2, in flight with a Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle, was attempted on November 21, 1960, at the Cape Canaveral launch site. The mission was not successful. At lift-off, the launch-vehicle engine was shut down and the launch vehicle settled back on the launcher after vertical motion of only a few inches. The spacecraft also received the shutdown signal and its systems reacted accordingly. The escape-rocket system was jettisoned and the entire spacecraft landing system operated as it had been designed.
Categories: MR-1 | MR 1
