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Launch of Mercury-Atlas 2 vehicle on Feb. 21, 1961
MERCURY-ATLAS 2 LAUNCH --- Launch of the unmanned, sub-orbital Mercury-Atlas 2 vehicle on Feb. 21, 1961. Altitude was 108 miles, speed, 13,000 mph. The capsule was recovered 1,425 miles downrange.
Catalog Date: 21 February 1961
Film Type: 4x5
NASA image: S61-01226