Mercury-Redstone 2

Summary

Mercury-Redstone 2 is a sub-orbital spaceflight^[1]. It draws 193 Wikipedia views per month (sub_orbital_spaceflight category, ranking #4 of 22).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mercury-Redstone 2 is in the country of United States^[3].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's image is recorded as Ham Launch - GPN-2000-001007.jpg^[4].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's image is recorded as Chimpanzee Ham in Biopack Couch - cropped.jpg^[5].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's instance of is recorded as sub-orbital spaceflight^[6].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's instance of is recorded as flight testing^[7].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[8].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's logo image is recorded as Mercury insignia.png^[9].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's follows is recorded as Mercury-Redstone 1A^[10].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's followed by is recorded as Mercury-Atlas 2^[11].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's manufacturer is recorded as McDonnell Aircraft Corporation^[12].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's part of is recorded as Project Mercury^[13].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's Commons category is recorded as Mercury-Redstone 2^[14].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's space launch vehicle is recorded as Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle^[15].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1961-01-31T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's UTC date of spacecraft landing is recorded as +1961-01-31T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036w6p^[18].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[19].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's significant event is recorded as splashdown^[20].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's crew members is recorded as Ham^[21].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's location of landing is recorded as Atlantic Ocean^[22].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5^[23].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's vessel is recorded as Mercury^[24].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+999'}^[25].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+253'}^[26].
• Mercury-Redstone 2's recovered by is recorded as USS Donner^[27].

Why It Matters

Mercury-Redstone 2 draws 193 Wikipedia views per month (sub_orbital_spaceflight category, ranking #4 of 22).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]