Mercury-Atlas 7
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Spacecraft | Mercury |
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Launch date | May 24, 1962 |
Landing date | May 24, 1962 |
Members | Scott Carpenter |
Recovered by | USS Intrepid |
Apogee altitude | 259 kilometers (140 nmi) |
Dates | 1962-05-24 00:00:00 |
Rocket | Atlas LV-3B |
Launch mass | 1,350.0 kilograms |
Orbit complet | 3 |
Distanc travel | 122,344 kilometers |
Mission durat | 2022-01-15 05:07:26 |
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ID | 2486717 |
About Mercury-Atlas 7
Mercury-Atlas 7, launched May 24, 1962, was the fourth crewed flight of Project Mercury. The spacecraft, named Aurora 7, was piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter. He was the sixth human to fly in space.