Mercury-Redstone 3

Summary

Mercury-Redstone 3 is a crewed spacecraft^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of crewed_spacecraft entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,523 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mercury-Redstone 3's image is recorded as Alan Shepard during Mercury-Redstone 3.jpg^[3].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's image is recorded as Alan-shepard.jpg^[4].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's instance of is recorded as crewed spacecraft^[5].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's instance of is recorded as sub-orbital spaceflight^[6].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's instance of is recorded as human spaceflight^[7].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[8].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's logo image is recorded as Freedom 7 insignia.png^[9].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's follows is recorded as Mercury-Redstone Booster Development^[10].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's followed by is recorded as Mercury-Redstone 4^[11].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's manufacturer is recorded as McDonnell Aircraft Corporation^[12].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's part of is recorded as Project Mercury^[13].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's Commons category is recorded as Mercury-Redstone 3^[14].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's space launch vehicle is recorded as Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle^[15].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's type of orbit is recorded as sub-orbital spaceflight^[16].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1961-05-05T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's UTC date of spacecraft landing is recorded as +1961-05-05T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01f7cj^[19].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's significant event is recorded as splashdown^[20].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[21].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mercury-Redstone 3^[22].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's Commons gallery is recorded as Mercury-Redstone 3^[23].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's crew members is recorded as Alan Shepard^[24].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's location of landing is recorded as Atlantic Ocean^[25].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's described by source is recorded as Retro Space HD^[26].
• Mercury-Redstone 3's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Freedom-7^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Mercury-Redstone 3 include Freedom^[28], a Crew Dragon^[29].

Why It Matters

Mercury-Redstone 3 ranks in the top 5% of crewed_spacecraft entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,523 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Freedom^[28], a Crew Dragon^[29].