Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle

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MRLV

1:110 Scale

H:23.1 cmD:1.6 cm

~24 bricks tall~2 studs wide

Maiden Launch1960-11-21

Family: Redstone·Program: Project Mercury

Designer: NASA·Manufacturer: Chrysler·Operator: NASA·Commissioner: NASA

1 Stage

Height / Length

25.4 m

Diameter

1.8 m

Launch Mass

30,000 kg

Takeoff Thrust

347 kN

Mission Profile

Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle (MRLV) was a modified version of the US Army's PGM-11 Redstone ballistic missile adapted by von Braun's team for NASA's Project Mercury. Standing 25.4 meters tall with a single Rocketdyne A-7 engine producing 347 kN, it carried America's first astronauts — Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom — on suborbital missions in 1961. Though limited to suborbital flight, MRLV was a critical stepping stone toward human orbital spaceflight.

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