Mercury-Redstone 1A

test flight of the Redstone rocket and Mercury spacecraft
Event sub_orbital_spaceflight Q684086
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Mercury-Redstone 1A

Summary

Mercury-Redstone 1A is a sub-orbital spaceflight[1]. It draws 155 Wikipedia views per month (sub_orbital_spaceflight category, ranking #6 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mercury-Redstone 1A is in the country of United States[3].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's image is recorded as Mercury Spacecraft at NASA Ames.JPG[4].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's instance of is recorded as sub-orbital spaceflight[5].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's instance of is recorded as flight testing[6].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[7].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's logo image is recorded as Mercury insignia.png[8].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's follows is recorded as Mercury-Redstone 1[9].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's followed by is recorded as Mercury-Redstone 2[10].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's manufacturer is recorded as McDonnell Aircraft Corporation[11].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's part of is recorded as Project Mercury[12].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's Commons category is recorded as Mercury-Redstone 1A[13].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's space launch vehicle is recorded as Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle[14].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1960-12-19T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's UTC date of spacecraft landing is recorded as +1960-12-19T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03693x[17].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[18].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's significant event is recorded as splashdown[19].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's location of landing is recorded as Atlantic Ocean[20].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5[21].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's vessel is recorded as Mercury[22].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+945'}[23].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+210.3'}[24].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's recovered by is recorded as USS Valley Forge[25].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's event distance is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+378.2'}[26].
  • Mercury-Redstone 1A's NSSDCA ID is recorded as MERCR1A[27].

Why It Matters

Mercury-Redstone 1A draws 155 Wikipedia views per month (sub_orbital_spaceflight category, ranking #6 of 22).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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