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Beach Abort

Beach Abort

Space flight
The Beach Abort was an uncrewed test in NASA's Project Mercury, of the Mercury spacecraft Launch Escape System. Objectives of the test were a performance evaluation of the escape system, the parachute and landing system, and recovery operations in... Wikipedia
Date: May 9, 1960
Location: Wallops Island
Launch mass: 1,007 kilograms (2,220 lb)