Mercury-Atlas 7 (Aurora 7), NASA’s fourth crewed Project Mercury flight piloted by Scott Carpenter on an Atlas LV-3B from Cape Canaveral LC-14; three orbits completed, with splashdown about 400 km from the planned recovery zone.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.4 T (est.)
- Flight
- 5th
- of 7 Atlas LV-3B flights
- Date and time
- 24 May 1962, 12:45 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas LV-3B
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1962-019
- Launches in 1962
- 24th of 81
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