Liberty Bell 7 (MR-4)

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

12:20:36

Friday July 21, 1961

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

Mercury-Redstone 4

Wiki

Mercury-Redstone 4 was the second United States human spaceflight, on July 21, 1961. The suborbital Project Mercury flight was launched with a Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, MRLV-8. The spacecraft, Mercury capsule #11, was nicknamed the Liberty Bell 7, and it was piloted by the astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom.

Suborbital

1 Payload

Rocket

Retired
Mercury-Redstone

Active 1960 to 1961

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo

Agency

NASA

Rocket

Height: 25.4m

Liftoff Thrust

350 Kilonewtons

Stages

1

Launch Site

LC-5

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

28 days 2 hours

Stats

Mercury-Redstone


6th

Mission

4th

Mission of 1961