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Mercury MR-3
Crew
Shepard
05 May 1961
14:34 GMT.
Duration
: 0.01 days.
Call Sign
: Freedom 7.
Backup Crew:
Grissom
.
Nation
: USA.
Launch Site
:
Cape Canaveral
.
Launch Complex
: LC05.
Launch Vehicle
:
Redstone Mercury
.
LV Configuration
: Redstone s/n RS/CC/MR-7. Program:
Mercury
. Class:
Manned
.
Type
: Spacecraft.
Spacecraft
:
Mercury
.
Payload
: Mercury (Freedom 7).
Mass
: 1,290 kg.
Location of Spacecraft
: National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, DC. References:
5
,
16
,
26
,
33
,
59
,
60
.
Mercury 3
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