Mercury-Atlas 3 Mission
Launch Status
Failure
Date & Time
25 Apr 1961, 4:15pm
UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 14
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Spacecraft Stage
Mercury
Mission
Mercury-Atlas 3
Mission Type
Test Flight
Destination
Suborbital
Uncrewed test flight of the Mercury program. The launch proceeded normally until about T+20 seconds when the pitch and roll sequence failed to initiate and the vehicle instead just continued flying straight upward, requiring early termination of the flight.
Updated: Apr 16, 10:45am UTC
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