Mercury-Redstone Booster Development

Mercury-Redstone BD was an uncrewed booster development flight in the U.S. Mercury program. It was launched on March 24, 1961, from Launch Complex 5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission used a boilerplate Mercury spacecraft and Redstone MRLV-5.

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1961  Wikimedia, Wikidata
MR-BD; Mercury-Redstone BD
flight testing, sub-orbital spaceflight, 

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1961-03-24T00:00:00Z

1961-03-24T00:00:00Z

1961 Mercury-Redstone Booster Development

1961-03-24T00:00:00Z

1961-03-24T00:00:00Z

splashdown

1961-03-24T00:00:00Z

1961-03-24T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

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Frameless

Mercury-Redstone BD Liftoff MSFC-9801802

MR-BD liftoff

61C-532 (cropped)

61C-532

Mercury Redstone (4576165135)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Mercury-Redstone BD Liftoff MSFC-9801802		Commons
commons	image		MR-BD liftoff		Commons
commons	image		61C-532 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		61C-532		Commons
commons	image		Mercury Redstone (4576165135)		Commons