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Redstone without upper stage

Restone-MRLV (Mercury-MR 3) [NASA]

Version Stage 1
Redstone Mercury Str. Redstone / A-6
No:           Type                 Serial      Date             LS          Payload

 66     1     Redstone-MRLV        MRLV-1      21.11.1960 *  F  CC LC-5     Mercury MR-1
 67     2     Redstone-MRLV        MRLV-3      19.12.1960 *     CC LC-5     Mercury MR-1A
 69     3     Redstone-MRLV        MRLV-2      31.01.1961 *     CC LC-5     Mercury MR-2
 71     4     Redstone-MRLV        MRLV-5      24.03.1961 *     CC LC-5     Mercury MR-BD
 72     5     Redstone-MRLV        MRLV-7      05.05.1961 *     CC LC-5     Mercury MR-3
 76     6     Redstone-MRLV        MRLV-8      21.07.1961 *     CC LC-5     Mercury MR-4


Failures:

Flight 1:   Engine cut off after 1 sec, vehicle fell back to the pad from a
            few centimeters height, but did not explode
			

Launch sites:

CC  = Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA USA

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