The Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, designed for NASA's Project Mercury, was the first American manned space booster.
Flights:
November 21, 1960 Empty capsule; launch abort; rocket shut down at liftoff due to electrical fault
December 19, 1960 Empty capsule
January 31, 1961 Carried chimpanzee Ham
March 24, 1961 Empty nonfunctional "boilerplate" capsule
May 5, 1961 Carried astronaut Alan Shepard
July 21, 1961 Carried astronaut Gus Grissom
Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle
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