Mercury-Atlas 2 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

21 Feb 1961, 2:10pm

Location

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Site

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Pad

Space Launch Complex 14

Launch Service Provider

NASA logo

NASA

Vehicle

Atlas LV-3B image

Atlas LV-3B

Spacecraft Stage

Mercury

Mission

Mercury-Atlas 2

Mission Type

Test Flight

Destination

Suborbital

Mercury-Atlas 2 (MA-2) was an unmanned test flight of the Mercury program using the Atlas rocket. It launched on February 21, 1961 at 14:10 UTC, from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Updated: Apr 16, 10:45am UTC

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