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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 3
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
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.
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