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Mercury Flight History

# Date
Launch
Landing
Duration
(DD:HH:MM:SS)
Flight Launch Vehicle Crew Crew Remark
1 21.08.1959
21.08.1959
00:00:00:20 Mercury-LJ 1 Little-Joe-1 (4 Pollux, 4 Recruit) --- --- - suborbital, Failure
2 09.09.1959
09.09.1959
00:00:13:00 Mercury-BJ 1 Atlas-D Mercury --- --- - suborbital
3 04.10.1959
04.10.1959
00:00:05:10 Mercury-LJ 6 Little-Joe-1 (4 Pollux, 4 Recruit) --- --- - suborbital
4 04.11.1959
04.11.1959
00:00:08:11 Mercury-LJ 1A Little-Joe-1 (2 Pollux, 4 Recruit) --- --- - suborbital, Failure
5 04.12.1959
04.12.1959
00:00:11:06 Mercury-LJ 2 Little-Joe-1 (2 Castor, 4 Recruit) --- --- - suborbital
6 21.01.1960
21.01.1960
00:00:08:35 Mercury-LJ 1B Little-Joe-1 (2 Pollux, 4 Recruit) --- --- - suborbital
7 09.05.1960
09.05.1960
Mercury BA1 (Mercury 1) Mercury-LES --- --- - suborbital
8 29.07.1960
29.07.1960
00:00:03:18 Mercury MA-1 (Mercury 4) Atlas-D Mercury --- --- - suborbital, failure
9 08.11.1960
08.11.1960
00:00:02:22 Mercury LJ-5 (Mercury 3) Little-Joe-1 (2 Pollux, 4 Recruit) --- --- - suborbital, partial failure
10 21.11.1960 00:00:00:02 Mercury MR-1 (Mercury 2 F1) Redstone-MRLV --- --- - suborbital, failure
11 19.12.1960
19.12.1960
00:00:15:02 Mercury MR-1A (Mercury 2 F2) Redstone-MRLV --- --- - suborbital
12 31.01.1961
31.01.1961
00:00:16:39 Mercury MR-2 (Mercury 5) Redstone-MRLV --- --- - suborbital
13 21.02.1961
21.02.1961
00:00:17:56 Mercury MA-2 (Mercury 6) Atlas-D Mercury --- --- - suborbital
14 18.03.1961
18.03.1961
00:00:05:25 Mercury LJ-5A (Mercury 14) Little-Joe-1 (4 Castor, 4 Recruit) --- --- - suborbital
15 24.03.1961
24.03.1961
00:00:08:23 Mercury-MR-BD Redstone-MRLV --- --- - suborbital, no recovery
16 25.04.1961
25.04.1961
00:00:07:19 Mercury MA-3 (Mercury 8 F1) Atlas-D Mercury --- --- - suborbital, failure
17 28.04.1961
28.04.1961
00:00:05:25 Mercury LJ-5B (Mercury 14A) Little-Joe-1 (4 Castor, 4 Recruit) --- --- - suborbital, partial failure
18 05.05.1961
05.05.1961
00:00:15:22 Mercury MR-3 (Mercury 7, Freedom 7) Redstone-MRLV Cdr Shepard, Alan Bartlett 1 suborbital
19 21.07.1961
21.07.1961
00:00:15:37 Mercury MR-4 (Mercury 11, Liberty Bell 7) Redstone-MRLV Cdr Grissom, Virgil Ivan (Gus) 1 suborbital
20 13.09.1961
13.09.1961
00:01:49:40 Mercury MA-4 (Mercury 8 F2) Atlas-D Mercury --- --- -
21 29.11.1961
29.11.1961
00:03:20:59 Mercury MA-5 (Mercury 9) Atlas-D Mercury --- --- -
22 20.02.1962
20.02.1962
00:04:55:23 Mercury MA-6 (Mercury 13, Friendship 7) Atlas-D Mercury Cdr Glenn, John Herschel 1
23 24.05.1962
24.05.1962
00:04:55:57 Mercury MA-7 (Mercury 18, Aurora 7) Atlas-D Mercury Cdr Carpenter, Malcolm Scott 1
24 03.10.1962
03.10.1962
00:09:13:11 Mercury MA-8 (Mercury 16, Sigma 7) Atlas-D Mercury Cdr Schirra, Walter Marty 1
25 15.05.1963
16.05.1963
01:10:19:49 Mercury MA-9 (Mercury 20, Faith 7) Atlas-D Mercury Cdr Cooper, Leroy Gordon 1
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