Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone BD

Name: Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone BD
Start: 1961-03-24T17:30:00Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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.

Mission Details

Launch date: March 24, 1961 at 05:30 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Redstone
Operator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch site: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission type: Test Flight