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Redstone
24.4m
Human (1.8m)
1.8m
Redstone / Credits: Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons)
United StatesRetired1961–1961
Redstone
Army Ballistic Missile Agency / Chrysler
Mercury-Redstone: IRBM converted to boost Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom.
Redstone was Wernher von Braun's first ballistic missile, adapted by NASA for suborbital Mercury-Redstone crewed missions. Two successful flights in 1961 marked America's first crewed spaceflights.
Fun facts
Launched America's first two crewed spaceflights.
Height
24.4 m
Diameter
1.78 m
Mass
63 t
Stages
1
Thrust
363 kN
Payload LEO
1,350 kg
Payload GTO
—
Total flights
1
Success rate100.0%
1 success0 failure
Launch pads
- LC-5, Cape Canaveral
No upcoming launches scheduled.
