Mercury Atlas Ma 3 Pad Lc 14 April 23 1961 A M Space Flight

Mercury Atlas Ma 3 Pad Lc 14 April 23 1961 A M Space Flight Mercury atlas 4 →. mercury atlas 3 (ma 3) was an unmanned spaceflight of the mercury program. it was launched unmanned on april 25, 1961 at 16:15 utc, from launch complex 14 at cape canaveral, florida. the mercury capsule contained a robotic "mechanical astronaut". mercury spacecraft no. 8 and atlas no. 8 100 d were used in the mission. Nasa info: mercury atlas test mission: launch, april 25, 1961,11:15 am est. cape canaveral florida. vehicle destroyed 40 seconds after liftoff. mission highlights: unmanned, robot operations. mission listed as a failure. forty seconds after the atlas left the pad, the vehicle was destroyed by the range safety officer. the mercury spacecraft seperated and was recovered. for release: april 23.

Mercury 3 Mercury atlas 3 (ma 3 atlas 100d) was launched unmanned on april 25, 1961 at 16:15 utc, from launch complex 14 at cape canaveral, florida. the mercury capsule contained a robotic "mechanical astronaut". mercury spacecraft no. 8 and atlas no. 8 100 d were used in the mission. the mission was terminated by the range safety officer after 43.3 seconds due to failure of the launch vehicle to follow. Mercury atlas 3. mercury atlas 3 (ma 3) was an unmanned spaceflight of the mercury program. it was launched unmanned on april 25, 1961 at 16:15 utc, from launch complex 14 at cape canaveral, florida. the mercury capsule contained a robotic "mechanical astronaut". mercury spacecraft no. 8 and atlas no. 8 100 d were used in the mission. payloads: 1. So to summarize, lc 14's history went as follows: *atlas a tests june 1957 april 1958 *atlas b tests september 1958 january 1959 *atlas d tests may 1959 september 1960 *midas launches february 1960 may 1960 *mercury launches september 1959 may 1963 *atlas able november 1959 *gatv october 1965 november 1966 it was also the only of the four pads. Associated rockets. atlas atlas agena nova (future) launch complex 14 (lc 14) is a launch site at cape canaveral space force station in florida. lc 14 was used for various crewed and uncrewed atlas launches, including the friendship 7 flight aboard which john glenn became the first american to orbit the earth in february 1962. [ 1 ][ 2 ].