Mercury-Redstone BD Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

24 Mar 1961, 5:30pm

Location

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Site

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Pad

Launch Complex 5

Launch Service Provider

NASA logo

NASA

Vehicle

Redstone MRLV image

Redstone MRLV

Mission

Mercury-Redstone BD

Mission Type

Test Flight

Destination

Suborbital

Mercury-Redstone BD was an uncrewed booster development flight in the U.S. Mercury program. It was launched on March 24, 1961 from Launch Complex 5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission used a boilerplate Mercury spacecraft and Redstone MRLV-5.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC

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