Mercury-Atlas 7, launched May 24, 1962, was the fourth crewed flight of Project Mercury. The spacecraft, named Aurora 7, was piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter. He was the sixth …

May 20, 2024 · Carpenter’s Aurora 7 capsule lifted off aboard an Atlas rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 7:45 a.m. EST, May 24. Carpenter was the fourth American in space …

The launch of Aurora 7 (Mercury 7), piloted by Lieutenant Commander Malcolm Scott Carpenter, USN, took place on 24 May 1962. Aurora 7 was launched from an Atlas D launch vehicle.

Although essentially identical to the orbital flight which preceded it, Aurora 7 carried two on-board experiments. One experiment tested the way liquids react in weightlessness, and the other …

Jun 16, 2010 · Launch was at 7:45:16 EST on May 24, 1962, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Atlas launch vehicle and the Mercury spacecraft, which Carpenter named Aurora 7, were …

May 24, 2025 · Mercury 18, named Aurora 7 by Carpenter, was built by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri. Designed to carry one pilot, the Mercury space craft could be …

Apr 8, 2024 · A 3 second delay in retro firing and a 25° yaw error caused the capsule to go 250 miles beyond the targeted splashdown area. It took nearly 3 hours for the recovery team to …

An information and location guide to the spacecraft used in the American conquest of space. Includes all production spacecraft, flown and unflown, as well as boilerplates, trainers, …

Mercury-Atlas 7, launched May 24, 1962, was the fourth flight of Project Mercury. The Mercury spacecraft, named Aurora 7, made three Earth orbits, piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter. He …

Due to spacecraft alignment error when the retrorockets were fired, and a three-second delay, "Aurora 7" splashed down 250 miles beyond the intended landing point, and Carpenter spent …