Mercury-Atlas 4 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

13 Sep 1961, 2:04pm

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 4

Mission Type

Test Flight

Destination

Suborbital

Mercury-Atlas 4 was an uncrewed suborbital test flight of the Mercury program.

Updated: Jun 21, 6:00am UTC

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