Mercury-Redstone 1

Summary

Mercury-Redstone 1 is a rocket launch^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of rocket_launch entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (759 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mercury-Redstone 1 is in the country of United States^[3].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's image is recorded as Mercury Spacecraft at NASA Ames.JPG^[4].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's instance of is recorded as rocket launch^[5].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's instance of is recorded as flight testing^[6].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[7].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's logo image is recorded as Mercury insignia.png^[8].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's follows is recorded as Little Joe 5^[9].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's followed by is recorded as Mercury-Redstone 1A^[10].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's manufacturer is recorded as McDonnell Aircraft Corporation^[11].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's part of is recorded as Project Mercury^[12].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's Commons category is recorded as Mercury-Redstone 1^[13].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's space launch vehicle is recorded as Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle^[14].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1960-11-21T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0368x4^[16].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[17].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5^[18].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's vessel is recorded as Mercury^[19].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2'}^[20].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q218593', 'amount': '+4'}^[21].
• Mercury-Redstone 1's NSSDCA ID is recorded as MERCR1^[22].

Why It Matters

Mercury-Redstone 1 ranks in the top 8% of rocket_launch entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (759 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]