File:Launch of Mercury-Atlas - GPN-2003-00036.jpg

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English: In this Project Mercury test, a spacecraft booster by a modified Atlas was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Mercury capsule reached a peak altitude of 107 statute miles and landed 1.425 miles down range.

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