Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7)
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 was the sixth human and the fourth American in space.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,350.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-14, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1962
24th orbital launch attempt
Atlas LV-3B
8th mission
2nd mission of 1962
5th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission