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Mercury-Atlas 7
Mercury-Atlas 7 was a crewed flight launched on May 24, 1962 aboard a Atlas D from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Crew of 1: Scott Carpenter.
United Statescrew 11962 TAU
Scott Carpenter United States · 1 flightFlight
- Mission
- Mercury-Atlas 7
- Spacecraft (GCAT)
- Aurora Seven
- Launch
- May 24, 1962 · 12:45 UTC
- Landing
- May 24, 1962
- Duration (Wikidata)
- 0.2 days
- Country
- United States
- Designator
- 1962 TAU 1
- Vehicle fate
- Landed · May 24, 1962
Launch vehicle
- Launch record
- 1962 TAU
- Rocket
- Atlas D
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC14
- Outcome
- Success
- Initial orbit
- — × 287 km
Vehicle and launch: GCAT (CC BY 4.0). Mission name, crew, landing and duration: Wikidata Q498680 (CC0).