Mercury-Atlas 5

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:spacecraft
gptkbp:aircraft MA-5
gptkbp:airlines detailed
suborbital
gptkbp:communicationEquipment S-band
gptkbp:controls automatic and manual
gptkbp:coolingSystem phenolic resin
gptkbp:crew gptkb:L._Gordon_Cooper
extensive
continuous
gptkbp:diedIn environmental control system
gptkbp:duration 34 hours, 19 minutes
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1
gptkbp:firstFlight true
May 16, 1963
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mercury-Atlas 5
gptkbp:landingGear gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:launchDate May 15, 1963
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Launch_Complex_14
true
T-0:00:00
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station
1,500 kilograms
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Atlas_LV-3B
gptkbp:maximumDepth 1,500 kilometers
gptkbp:mission gptkb:Mercury_spacecraft
crewed spaceflight
Faith 7
paved the way for future missions.
gptkbp:missions gptkb:Houston,_Texas
successful
test human spaceflight capabilities
1 day, 1 hour, 49 minutes
gptkbp:navigationEquipment inertial navigation
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Mercury_program
gptkbp:operator NASA
gptkbp:orbitalInclination 88 minutes
32.5 degrees
27,000 kilometers per hour
gptkbp:powers solar panels
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_4
gptkbp:propulsion monomethylhydrazine
gptkbp:publicAccess gptkb:Smithsonian_National_Air_and_Space_Museum
gptkbp:renovated successful
helicopter recovery
gptkbp:safetyFeatures redundant systems
gptkbp:secondaryMission successful
gptkbp:significance first American to orbit Earth
gptkbp:speed 28,000 kilometers per hour
gptkbp:succeededBy true
gptkbp:successor Gemini 1