Status
Failure
Mercury-Atlas 3 (MA-3)
Launch Time
Tue Apr 25, 1961 16:15 UTC
Tue Apr 25, 1961 16:15 UTC
First attempted orbital Mercury launch. Pitch and roll sequence failed to initiate due to short or open circuit in missile programmer. RSO T+43 seconds. Capsule successfully recovered.
Rocket
Mission Details
Mercury-Atlas 3
Mercury-Atlas 3 (MA-3) was an unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched unmanned on April 25, 1961 at 16:15 UTC, from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Mercury capsule contained a robotic "mechanical astronaut". Mercury spacecraft No. 8 and Atlas No. 8 100-D were used in the mission.
Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-14, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1961
15th orbital launch attempt
Atlas LV-3B
4th mission
2nd mission of 1961
2nd failed mission