Category:Chrysler Mercury Redstone

Chrysler Mercury Redstone seen in The Story of Aviation.

The Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, designed for NASA's Project Mercury, was the first American manned space booster. It was used for six sub-orbital Mercury flights from 1960–61; culminating with the launch of the first, and 11 weeks later, the second American (and the second and third humans) in space. A member of the Redstone rocket family, it was derived from the U.S. Army's Redstone ballistic missile and the first stage of the related Jupiter-C launch vehicle; but to man-rate it, the structure and systems were modified to improve safety and reliability. The four subsequent Mercury manned flights used the more powerful Atlas booster to enter low Earth orbit.

This page lists all films that feature the Chrysler Mercury Redstone.

See also

• Chrysler Mercury Redstone on Wikipedia.