Mercury-Atlas 5

Mercury-Atlas 5 was an American spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched on November 29, 1961, with Enos, a chimpanzee, aboard. The craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down about 200 miles (320 km) south of Bermuda, and Enos became the first primate from the United States and the third great ape to orbit the Earth.

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1961 Mercury-Atlas 5

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splashdown

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Conception Drawing of the Mercury-Atlas 5 Emergency Escape System - NARA - 7479615

Atlas D with Mercury-Atlas 5 (Nov. 29 1961)

Mercury-Atlas launch--'Mercury binder; 93D; liftoff; cx14 (launch complex 14?); (15471028313)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Conception Drawing of the Mercury-Atlas 5 Emergency Escape System - NARA - 7479615		Commons
commons	image		Atlas D with Mercury-Atlas 5 (Nov. 29 1961)		Commons
commons	image		Mercury-Atlas launch--'Mercury binder; 93D; liftoff; cx14 (launch complex 14?); (15471028313)		Commons