Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
29 Nov 1961, 3:07pm
UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 14
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Spacecraft Stage
Mercury
Mission
Mercury-Atlas 5
Mission Type
Test Flight
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
Mercury-Atlas 5 was an American spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched on November 29, 1961, with Enos, a chimpanzee, aboard. The craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down about 200 miles (320 km) south of Bermuda, and Enos became the first primate from the United States and the third great ape to orbit the Earth.
Updated: Apr 16, 10:45am UTC
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