Mercury-Atlas 1 (MA-1) was the first attempt to launch a Mercury capsule and occurred on July 29, 1960 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft was unmanned and carried no launch escape system. The Atlas rocket suffered a structural failure 58 seconds after launch at an altitude of approximately 30,000 feet (9.1 km) and 11,000 feet (3.4 km) down range.
Mercury No.4 is the Mercury capsule used for the Mercury-Atlas 1 flight.
The Atlas LV-3B, Atlas D Mercury Launch Vehicle or Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle, was a human-rated expendable launch system used as part of the United States Project Mercury to send astronauts into low Earth orbit. Manufactured by American aircraft manufacturing company Convair, it was derived from the SM-65D Atlas missile, and was a member of the Atlas family of rockets.
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Mission Profile
Mercury-Atlas 1 was a Atlas LV-3B mission operated by National Aeronautics and Space Administration that lifted off from Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on July 29, 1960. The flight carried its payload on a test flight mission to Suborbital. It was flown as part of the Mercury program. The launch ended in failure.