Crew:
    Alan B. Shepard, Jr. [1]

Backup:
    John H. Glenn, Jr.

Launch:
    Pad: LC 5/6, Pad 5
    Date: 5 May 1961
    Time: 14:34 UTC

Flight:
    Orbits: Suborbital
    Duration: 15 minutes, 22 seconds
    Altitude: 116.5 miles
    Max Velocity: 5,180 mph

Recovery:
    Location: Atlantic Ocean (75° 53' N, 27° 13.7' W)
    Vessel: USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39)
    Date: 5 May 1961
    Time: 14:49 UTC

This was the first US manned space shot.
Launch vehicle was a Redstone rocket.

The MR-3 capsule is currently located at the US Naval Academy College of Medicine in Annapolis, MD.