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Identifier
F17_015_02
Date
July 1961
Description
This black and white text is located on the backside of the prior image. This description describes the image and context of the imagery.
Physical Description
black and white photograph
Keywords
Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.), Rockets (Aeronautics)--Launching, Outer space--Exploration, Space vehicles, Press releases
Rights
This material is free from copyright under Sections 101 and 105 of the United States Copyright Act.
Publisher
Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections
Repository
Recommended Citation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), "340 Back Side of Photograph Liftoff for MR-4 Rocket" (1961). Project Mercury Images. 340.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/mercury/340
Language
eng
Transcription
61-MR4-80 National Aeronautics and Space Administration For Immediate Release July 21, 1961 CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. - A Project Mercury spacecraft carrying Astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom on the nation's second manned space flight landed in the Atlantic Ocean about 305 statue miles from here and about 145 statute miles east northeast of the Grand Bahama Island at about 7:36 A.M., EST. today. The craft reached an altitude of about 118 statute miles and a speed of approximately 5,310 miles an hour. The suborbital flight of the Mercury-Redstone 4 required about 16 minutes. Preliminary data indicate the pilot performed satisfactorily during the flight. (NASA Photo)
Keywords
Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.), Rockets (Aeronautics)--Launching, Outer space--Exploration, Space vehicles, Press releases
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