Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
Type: Test Flight
Orbit: Suborbital
Pad: Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
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.
