Launch of Mercury-Redstone vehicle 2 on Jan. 21, 1961

1961-08-10

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

S61-01942 (31 Jan. 1961) --- Launch of the Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) vehicle on Jan. 31, 1961. The 16-minute suborbital flight carried biomedical test subject chimpanzee (Ham) aboard. Photo credit: NASA

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Title: Launch of Mercury-Redstone vehicle 2 on Jan. 21, 1961
Date Created: 1961-08-10
Rights: JSC
Album: mgwhite

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