Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 1

Mercury-Atlas 1 (MA-1) was the first attempt to launch a Mercury capsule and occurred on July 29, 1960 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft was unmanned and carried no launch escape system. El cohete Atlas sufrió una falla estructural 58 segundos después del lanzamiento a una altitud de aproximadamente 30.000 pies (9,1 km) y 11.000 pies (3,4 km) de alcance.