{"id":272935,"date":"2023-03-30T09:44:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=mission&p=272935"},"modified":"2023-08-30T12:48:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T16:48:03","slug":"mercury-redstone-4-liberty-bell-7","status":"publish","type":"mission","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-redstone-4-liberty-bell-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercury-Redstone 4: Liberty Bell 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"hds-secondary-nav-track\"><span>Project Mercury<\/span><svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 400 400\" viewBox=\"0 0 400 400\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m4.2 122.2 195.1 195.1 196.5-196.6-37.9-38-157.8 157.8-156.8-156.8z\" \/><\/svg><\/button><div class=\"hds-secondary-nav-track grid-container grid-container-extrawide padding-0 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-2 \"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-menu-items\"><nav><ul class=\"usa-nav__primary usa-accordion flex-justify-center margin-0\"><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/project-mercury\/\">Project Mercury Overview<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"usa-accordion__button usa-nav__link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"basic-nav-section-one\"><span>Crewed Missions<\/span><svg class=\"hds-desktop-submenu-toggle-icon display-none tablet:display-none desktop:display-block\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 400 400\" viewBox=\"0 0 400 400\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m4.2 122.2 195.1 195.1 196.5-196.6-37.9-38-157.8 157.8-156.8-156.8z\" \/><\/svg><svg class=\"hds-mobile-submenu-toggle-icon display-block tablet:display-block desktop:display-none\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle cx=\"8\" cy=\"8\" r=\"7.5\" fill=\"#0B3D91\" stroke=\"white\"\/><rect x=\"4\" y=\"7.6001\" width=\"8\" height=\"0.8\" fill=\"white\"\/><rect class=\"hds-mobile-submenu-toggle-icon-line-vertical\" x=\"7.59998\" y=\"12\" width=\"8\" height=\"0.8\" transform=\"rotate(-90 7.59998 12)\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/svg><\/button><ul id=\"basic-nav-section-one\" class=\"usa-nav__submenu\" hidden><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-redstone-3-freedom-7\/\">Freedom 7 (MR-3)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-redstone-4-liberty-bell-7\/\">Liberty Bell 7 (MR-4)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-atlas-6-friendship-7\">Friendship 7 (MA-6)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-atlas-7-aurora-7\/\">Aurora 7 (MA-7)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-atlas-8-sigma-7\/\">Sigma 7 (MA-8)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-atlas-9-faith-7\/\">Faith (MA-9)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"usa-accordion__button usa-nav__link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"basic-nav-section-one\"><span>Astronauts<\/span><svg class=\"hds-desktop-submenu-toggle-icon display-none tablet:display-none desktop:display-block\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 400 400\" viewBox=\"0 0 400 400\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m4.2 122.2 195.1 195.1 196.5-196.6-37.9-38-157.8 157.8-156.8-156.8z\" \/><\/svg><svg class=\"hds-mobile-submenu-toggle-icon display-block tablet:display-block desktop:display-none\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle cx=\"8\" cy=\"8\" r=\"7.5\" fill=\"#0B3D91\" stroke=\"white\"\/><rect x=\"4\" y=\"7.6001\" width=\"8\" height=\"0.8\" fill=\"white\"\/><rect class=\"hds-mobile-submenu-toggle-icon-line-vertical\" x=\"7.59998\" y=\"12\" width=\"8\" height=\"0.8\" transform=\"rotate(-90 7.59998 12)\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/svg><\/button><ul id=\"basic-nav-section-one\" class=\"usa-nav__submenu\" hidden><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-m-scott-carpenter\/\">M. Scott Carpenter<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-l-gordon-cooper\/\">L. Gordon Cooper<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-john-h-glenn\/\">John H. Glenn <\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-virgil-i-grissom\/\">Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-walter-wally-schirra\/\">Walter M. Schirra<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-alan-shepard\/\">Alan B. Shepard, Jr.<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-donald-k-deke-slayton\/\">Donald K. “Deke” Slayton<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-mission-hero maxw-full width-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-mission-hero\">\t<div class=\"hds-mission-header hds-mission-archived padding-top-10 padding-bottom-4 background-cover padding-x-3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block grid-row flex-align-end margin-bottom-0 padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-mission-badge square-10 margin-bottom-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png\" alt=\"Mercury 4 Liberty Bell Mission Patch showing a landing crew vehicle with the last name of Grissom (crew member) on the vehicle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-md display-block width-full\">Mercury-Redstone 4: Liberty Bell 7<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-5 tablet:margin-bottom-0 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label tag tag-mission\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mission-status-icon bg-carbon-30\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Occurred 63 years ago<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg\">Mercury-Redstone 4 was the fourth mission in the Mercury-Redstone series of flight tests and the second U.S. manned suborbital spaceflight. It was the next step in the progressive research, development and training program leading to the study of man's capabilities in a space environment during manned orbital flight.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-left-0 desktop:padding-left-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row margin-bottom-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-20-important padding-top-2 margin-right-1 desktop:margin-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"label margin-0 color-carbon-50-important\">Mission Type<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-lg font-weight-bold margin-0 padding-0 line-height-sm\">Human space flight<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-20-important padding-top-2 margin-left-1 desktop:margin-left-0 desktop:margin-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"label margin-0 color-carbon-50-important\">crew<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-lg font-weight-bold margin-0 padding-0 line-height-sm\">Virgil I. Grissom<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-20-important padding-top-2 margin-right-1 desktop:margin-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"label margin-0 color-carbon-50-important\">Launch<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-lg font-weight-bold margin-0 padding-0 line-height-sm\">July 21, 1961<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-20-important padding-top-2 margin-left-1 desktop:margin-left-0 desktop:margin-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"label margin-0 color-carbon-50-important\">Landing<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-lg font-weight-bold margin-0 padding-0 line-height-sm\">July 21, 1961<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Gus Grissom is helped into the Liberty Bell 7spacecraft\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 48% 37%; object-position: 48% 37%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=235,300 235w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=768,979 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=803,1024 803w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=314,400 314w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=471,600 471w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=706,900 706w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/152513main_image_feature_617_ys_full.jpg?resize=941,1200 941w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Astronaut Virgin I. “Gus” Grissom climbs into “Liberty Bell 7” spacecraft before launch on the morning of July 21, 1961. Astronaut John Glenn, Grissom’s back up, helps him into the capsule. A problem with the hatch led Grissom’s capsule to sink after splashdown. It was salvaged from the Atlantic Ocean in 1999.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1513\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s61-03698\/s61-03698~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1513&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"S61-03698 (1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, suited up and ready to climb into Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, sits in front of his capsule for a picture. Behind him technicians work inside the capsule. The Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission was scrubbed a few hours later due to unfavorable weather over the launch pad. \" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 36%; object-position: 50% 36%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s61-03698\/s61-03698~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1513&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s61-03698\/s61-03698~large.jpg?w=300&h=236&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s61-03698\/s61-03698~large.jpg?w=768&h=605&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s61-03698\/s61-03698~large.jpg?w=1024&h=807&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s61-03698\/s61-03698~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1210&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s61-03698\/s61-03698~large.jpg?w=400&h=315&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s61-03698\/s61-03698~large.jpg?w=600&h=473&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s61-03698\/s61-03698~large.jpg?w=900&h=709&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s61-03698\/s61-03698~large.jpg?w=1200&h=946&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Astronaut Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, suited up and ready to climb into Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, sits in front of his capsule for a picture. Behind him technicians work inside the capsule. The Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission was scrubbed a few hours later due to unfavorable weather over the launch pad.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Gus Grissom Suits Up for Launch\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 27% 13%; object-position: 27% 13%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=255,300 255w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=768,902 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=872,1024 872w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=340,400 340w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=511,600 511w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=766,900 766w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/11-61-mr4-55s.jpg?resize=1021,1200 1021w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Project Mercury Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, primary pilot for the Mercury-Redstone 4 manned space flight known as Liberty Bell 7, gets an assist from suit specialist Joe W. Schmidt as he prepares for the Mercury-Redstone 4 manned spaceflight.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1492\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6414824\/6414824~large.jpg?w=1492&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Launch of the Mercury-Redstone-4 rocket on July 21. 1961\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 47% 42%; object-position: 47% 42%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6414824\/6414824~large.jpg?w=1492&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1492w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6414824\/6414824~large.jpg?w=233&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 233w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6414824\/6414824~large.jpg?w=768&h=988&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6414824\/6414824~large.jpg?w=796&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 796w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6414824\/6414824~large.jpg?w=1194&h=1537&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1194w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6414824\/6414824~large.jpg?w=311&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 311w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6414824\/6414824~large.jpg?w=466&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 466w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6414824\/6414824~large.jpg?w=699&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 699w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/6414824\/6414824~large.jpg?w=933&h=1201&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 933w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1492px) 100vw, 1492px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Liftoff of MR-4 (Mercury-Redstone), Liberty Bell 7, on July 21, 1961. MR-4 mission was the second marned suborbital flight and carried Astronaut Virgil Grissom aboard the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft in space for a duration of 15-1\/2 minutes.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1303\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=1303&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Portrait of Gus Grissom\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 56% 22%; object-position: 56% 22%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=1303&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1303w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=204&h=301&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 204w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=768&h=1132&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=695&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 695w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=1042&h=1535&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1042w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=271&h=399&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 271w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=407&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 407w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=611&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 611w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=814&h=1199&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1303px) 100vw, 1303px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA Project Mercury astronaut. — Virgil I. Grissom was later known as Gus.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission Facts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mission:<\/strong> LIBERTY BELL 7<br><strong>Launch Pad: <\/strong>LC-5<br><strong>Vehicle:<\/strong> Redstone (6)<br><strong>Crew:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-virgil-i-grissom\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"258537\">Virgil I. Grissom<\/a><br><strong>Backup Crew: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-john-h-glenn\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"335197\">John H. Glenn, Jr.<\/a><br><strong>Payload:<\/strong> Spacecraft No. 11, Launch Vehicle MR-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Milestones<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 7, 1961<\/strong>: Spacecraft delivered to Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida<br><strong>July 18, 1961<\/strong>: Original launch date<br><strong>July 19, 1961<\/strong>: Second launch attempt, cancelled at T-10 minutes due to unfavorable weather<br><strong>July 21, 1961<\/strong>: Launch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mission Objective<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The main objective was to corroborate the man-in-space concept. The main configuration differences between the MR-3 spacecraft was the addition of a large viewing window and an explosively actuated side hatch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The addition of the large viewing window was a result of a change requested by Mercury astronauts. This window allowed the astronauts to have a greater viewing area than the original side port windows. The field of view was 30 degrees in the horizontal plane and 33 degrees in the vertical. The window is composed of an outer panel of 0.35-inch thick Vycor glass and a 3-layer inner panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The explosively actuated side hatch was used for the first time on the MR-4 flight. The mechanically operated side hatch on the MR-3 spacecraft was in the same location and of the same size but was considerably heavier (69 pounds rather than 23 pounds). The explosively actuated hatch utilizes an explosive charge to fracture the attaching bolts and thus separate the hatch from the spacecraft. Seventy 1\/4-inch titanium bolts secure the hatch to the doorsill. A 0.06-inch diameter hole is drilled in each bolt to provide a weak point. A mild detonating fuse (MDF) is installed in a channel between an inner and outer seal around the periphery of the hatch. When the MDF is ignited, the resulting gas pressure between the inner and outer seal causes the bolts to fail in tension. The MDF is ignited by a manually operated igniter that requires an actuation force of around 5 pounds, after the removal of a safety pin. The igniter can be operated externally by an attached lanyard, in which case a force of at least 40 pounds is required in order to shear the safety pin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Orbit<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Altitude:<\/strong> 118.3 statute miles<br><strong>Orbits:<\/strong> 0<br><strong>Duration:<\/strong> 0 Days, 0 hours, 15 minutes, 37 seconds<br><strong>Distance:<\/strong> 302 statute miles<br><strong>Velocity: <\/strong>5,134 miles per hour<br><strong>Max Q:<\/strong> 610 psf<br><strong>Max G:<\/strong> 11.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Launch<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 21, 1961, 7:20 a.m. EST<\/strong> \u2014The launch was originally scheduled for July 18, 1961 but was rescheduled to July 19, 1961 because of unfavorable weather conditions. The launch attempt on July 19, 1961 was canceled at T-10 minutes as a result of continued unfavorable weather. The launch was then rescheduled for July 21, 1961. The first half of the split launch countdown was begun at 6:00am EST on July 20, 1961 at T-640 minutes. Spacecraft preparation proceeded normally thru the 12-hour planned hold period for hydrogen peroxide and pyrotechnic servicing. Evaluation of the weather at this time proved favorable and a go was given to pickup the second half of the countdown at 2:30am EST on July 20, 1961. At T-180 minutes, prior to liquid oxygen loading, a planned 1-hour hold was called for another weather evaluation. The evaluation was favorable and the count proceeded at 3:00am EST. At T-45 minutes a 30 minute hold was called to install a misaligned hatch bolt. At T-30 minutes, a 9-minute hold was called to turn off the pad searchlights which interfered with launch telemetry during launch. At T-15 minutes, a 41-minute hold was called to await better cloud conditions. The count then proceeded from T-15 until liftoff. Gus Grissom was in the spacecraft 3 hours and 22 minutes prior to launch. The spacecraft was delivered to Hanger S at Cape Canaveral, Fl on March 7, 1961. Upon delivery, the instrumentation and selected items of the communication system were removed from the spacecraft for bench testing. After reinstallation of the components, the systems test proceeded as scheduled. Those tests required a total of 33 days during which the electrical, sequential, instrumentation, communication, environmental, reaction-control, and stabilization and control systems were individually tested. After system tests, the landing impact bag was installed and then a simulated flight was run on the spacecraft. Then the parachutes and pyrotechnics were installed and the spacecraft was weighed, balanced and then delivered to the launch complex. Twenty-one days were spent on the launch pad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Landing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> July 21, 1961<br><strong>Location:<\/strong> Atlantic Ocean\u2014302 miles east of the launch site.<br><strong>Details: <\/strong>Drogue parachute was deployed at T+9 minutes, 41 seconds and main parachute at T+10 minutes, 14 seconds. The landing occurred at T+15 minutes, 37 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mission Highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The MR-4 flight plan was very much the same as that for MR-3. The range was 262.5 nautical miles, the maximum altitude was 102.8 nautical miles, and the period of weightlessness lasted for approximately 5 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At T-35 seconds, the spacecraft umbilical was pulled and the periscope was retracted. During the boosted phase of flight, the flight-path angle was controlled by the launch-vehicle control system. Launch-vehicle cutoff occurred at T+2 minutes 23 seconds, at which time the escape tower was released by firing the escape and tower jettison rockets. Ten seconds later, the spacecraft-to-launch-vehicle adapter clamp ring was separated, and the posigrade rockets fired to separate the spacecraft from the launch vehicle. The periscope was extended; the automatic stabilization and control system provided 5 seconds of rate damping, followed by spacecraft turnaround. It then oriented the spacecraft to orbit attitude of -34 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Retro sequence was initiated by timer at T+4 minutes 46 seconds, which was 30 seconds prior to the spacecraft reaching its apogee. Gus Grissom assumed control of the spacecraft attitude at T+3 minutes 5 seconds and controlled the spacecraft by the manual proportional control system to T+5 minutes 43 seconds. He initiated firing of the retrorockets at T+5 minutes 10 seconds. From T+5 minutes 43 seconds, he controlled the spacecraft by the manual rate command system through reentry. The retrorocket package was jettisoned at T+6 minutes 7 seconds. The drogue parachute was deployed at T+9 minutes 41 seconds, and main parachute, at T+10 minutes 14 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flight successful but the spacecraft was lost during the post landing recovery period as a result of premature actuation of the explosively actuated side egress hatch. The capsule sank in 15,000 feet of water shortly after splashdown. The astronaut egressed from the spacecraft immediately after hatch actuation and was retrieved after being in the water for about 3 to 4 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 padding-bottom-9 padding-top-9 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-featured-link\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-x-0 padding-top-9 desktop:padding-top-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-x-3 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label margin-bottom-2\">Former Astronauts<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"page-heading-md\">Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">One of NASA's first seven Mercury astronauts selected by NASA in April 1959. He piloted the \u201cLiberty Bell 7 spacecraft\u2014the second and final suborbital Mercury test flight\u2014on July 21, 1961. On March 23, 1965, he served as command pilot on the first crewed Gemini flight, A 3-orbit mission during which the crew accomplished the first orbital trajectory modifications and the first lifting reentry of a manned spacecraft. He and his crew mates assigned to the first crewed Apollo mission were tragically killed in January 1967 in the Apollo 1 fire.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-virgil-i-grissom\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\" aria-label=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Read His Biography<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gus-grissom-cropped-copy.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Portrait of Astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); transform-origin: 56% 90%; object-position: 56% 90%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gus-grissom-cropped-copy.jpg 3683w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gus-grissom-cropped-copy.jpg?resize=300,172 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gus-grissom-cropped-copy.jpg?resize=768,441 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gus-grissom-cropped-copy.jpg?resize=1024,589 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gus-grissom-cropped-copy.jpg?resize=1536,883 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gus-grissom-cropped-copy.jpg?resize=2048,1177 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gus-grissom-cropped-copy.jpg?resize=400,230 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gus-grissom-cropped-copy.jpg?resize=600,345 600w, 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xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 16 16;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><g><path d=\"M8,0C3.5,0-0.1,3.7,0,8.2C0.1,12.5,3.6,16,8,16c4.4,0,8-3.6,8-8C16,3.5,12.4,0,8,0z M8,15.2 C4,15.2,0.8,12,0.8,8C0.8,4,4,0.8,8,0.8c3.9,0,7.2,3.2,7.2,7.1C15.2,11.9,12,15.2,8,15.2z\"\/><path d=\"M5.6,12c0.8-0.8,1.6-1.6,2.4-2.4c0.8,0.8,1.6,1.6,2.4,2.4c0-2.7,0-5.3,0-8C8.8,4,7.2,4,5.6,4 C5.6,6.7,5.6,9.3,5.6,12z\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/svg><span>Article<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/60-years-ago-scott-carpenter-orbits-the-earth-aboard-aurora-7\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-6 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col padding-left-0 padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-2 padding-bottom-4 desktop:padding-bottom-0\">\n\t<div class=\"display-flex hds-news-item-bubble\"><div class=\"padding-right-3\"><div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black 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