红石 MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 1

描述

The Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, designed for NASA's Project Mercury, was the first American manned space booster. It was used for six sub-orbital Mercury flights from 1960–61; culminating with the launch of the first, and 11 weeks later, the second American (and the second and third humans) in space. The four subsequent Mercury human spaceflights used the more powerful Atlas booster to enter low Earth orbit. A member of the Redstone rocket family, it was derived from the U.S. Army's Redstone ballistic missile and the first stage of the related Jupiter-C launch vehicle; but to human-rate it, the structure and systems were modified to improve safety and reliability.

水星-红石运载火箭（Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle）是为 NASA 水星计划设计的美国首枚载人航天助推器。它在 1960–61 年间用于六次水星亚轨道飞行，最终将第一名、以及 11 周后的第二名美国人（也是第二、第三名进入太空的人类）送入太空。随后四次水星载人航天飞行使用了推力更强的宇宙神（Atlas）助推器进入近地轨道。 作为红石火箭家族的一员，它衍生自美国陆军的红石弹道导弹以及相关木星-C 运载火箭的第一级；但为了载人使用，其结构和系统经过改进以提升安全性和可靠性。