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Aurora 7

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The Aurora 7 was a spacecraft that flew on May 24, 1962, as part of the United States' Project Mercury. Piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter, it was the fourth crewed flight of the Mercury program and the second American orbital mission. The Aurora 7 capsule weighed approximately 1,400 kg (3,000 pounds). This mission was notable because a portion of the flight was directed by manual control. Project Mercury aimed to put Americans into space and orbit, with capsules launched by Redstone and later Atlas rockets.12

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