Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) was the penultimate test flight of the Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle prior to the first manned American space mission in Project Mercury. It was launched at 16:55 UTC on January 31, 1961 from LC-5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Mercury spacecraft No. 5 carried a chimpanzee named Ham on a suborbital flight, landing in the Atlantic Ocean 16 minutes and 39 seconds after launch.

GENERAL INFO

  • Successors 1 craft(s) +49 bonus
  • Created On: Android
  • Game Version: 0.9.306.0
  • Price: $9,783k
  • Number of Parts: 42
  • Dimensions: 55 m x 6 m x 6 m

PERFORMANCE

  • Total Delta V: 5.8km/s
  • Total Thrust: 8.0MN
  • Engines: 5
  • Wet Mass: 3.7E+5kg
  • Dry Mass: 19,191kg

STAGES

Stage Engines Delta V Thrust Burn Mass
1 1 5.8km/s 6.4MN 1.8m 3.7E+5kg
4 0 0m/s 0N 0s 1,043kg

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