On March 24, 1961, NASA's Mercury Redstone rocket launched on its last uncrewed flight before it started sending astronauts into space. The mission was known as the Mercury Redstone Booster ...

Here’s how it works. On May 5, 1961, NASA launched the Mercury Redstone 3 rocket to make Alan Shepard the first American in space on the historic Freedom 7 mission. See some amazing vintage ...

From a Cape Canaveral blockhouse the seven Mercury astronauts watched tensely last week as the countdown neared zero. Atop a towering Redstone rocket rested the one-ton Mercury space capsule of ...

The Mercury Redstone 4 craft had filled with water because the hatch opened prematurely. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! Astronaut Virgil I.

Sixty years ago Saturday morning, a rocket stood ready to launch from the ... The first stage was a modified liquid fueled Redstone missile. This main stage was about 57 feet in length and 70 ...