Redstone-mercury 3-freedom 7

By: Karlee PostHuntze

Date and location of launch

The date of the launch was may 5th ,1961 at 9:34 a.m.

The location of the launch was in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Video of launch

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675021398_Redstone-Mercury_technicians-work_missile_gantry

Purpose of the mission

The main purpose was a scientific objective of project mercury was to determine man’s capabilities in a space environment, and in those environments which he will be subject upon going into and returning from space.

Outcome

Although with basic flight problems the mission was successful!

Interesting info.

It was the first liquid rocket developed using German v-2 technology.

It was an important rocket in the early u.s. space program, it formed the base of Jupiter C, which was the launcher for the first u.s. satellite.

It also was used in a very important mercury-Redstone program of suborbital flights, which led directly to the first u.s. manned orbital space-flight with a mercury-Atlas rocket.

It also was the second launch of a human into space.