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Description Mercury-Atlas 2 liftoff.jpg |
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Launch of the unmanned Mercury-Atlas 2 (MA-2) vehicle for a suborbital test flight of the Mercury capsule. The upper part of Atlas is strengthened by an eight-inch wide stainless steel band. The capsule was recovered less than one hour after launch. The altitude was 108 miles. Speed was 13,000 mph. Recovered 1,425 miles downrange.
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Date | Taken on 21 February 1961 | ||||||
Source | http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/mercury/mercury_ov/html/s61-01226.html | ||||||
Author | NASA | ||||||
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