Mercury-Atlas 5 was an American spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched on November 29, 1961, with Enos, a chimpanzee, aboard. The craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down about 200 miles (320 km) south of Bermuda, and Enos became the first primate from the United States and the third great ape to orbit the Earth.
Mercury No.9 is the Mercury capsule used for the Mercury-Atlas 5 mission.
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 5 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 November 29, 1961. The flight carried its payload on a test flight mission to Low Earth Orbit. It was flown as part of the Mercury program. The launch was a success.