Mercury-Redstone 4
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| Launch date | July 21, 1961 |
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| Members | Gus Grissom |
| Rocket | Redstone MRLV |
| Landing date | July 21, 1961 |
| Recovered by | USS Randolph |
| Manufacturers | McDonnell Aircraft Corporation |
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| ID | 1175484 |
About Mercury-Redstone 4
Mercury-Redstone 4 was the second United States human spaceflight, on July 21, 1961. The suborbital Project Mercury flight was launched with a Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, MRLV-8. The spacecraft, Mercury capsule #11, was nicknamed the Liberty Bell 7, and it was piloted by the astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom.