Mercury-Atlas 1 Mission
Launch Status
Failure
Date & Time
29 Jul 1960, 1:13pm
UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 14
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Spacecraft Stage
Mercury
Mission
Mercury-Atlas 1
Mission Type
Test Flight
Destination
Suborbital
Mercury-Atlas 1 (MA-1) was the first attempt to launch a Mercury capsule and occurred on July 29, 1960 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft was unmanned and carried no launch escape system. The Atlas rocket suffered a structural failure 58 seconds after launch at an altitude of approximately 30,000 feet (9.1 km) and 11,000 feet (3.4 km) down range.
Updated: Apr 16, 10:45am UTC
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