1961 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mercury-Atlas 3
failureAtlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 3
Uncrewed test flight of the Mercury program. The launch proceeded normally until about T+20 seconds when the pitch and roll sequence failed to initiate and the vehicle instead just continued flying straight upward, requiring early termination of the flight.
Overview
- Date / time
- April 25, 1961 at 04:15 PM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 14
- Mission
- Mercury-Atlas 3
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Orbit achieved
- Suborbital
FailurePitch and roll sequence failed to initiate.