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| Mission Number: MA-5 | 29 November 1961 |
Crew:
Launch:
Pad: LC 5/6, Pad 5
Date: 29 November 1961
Time: 15:08 UTC
Flight:
Orbits: 2
Duration: 3 hours, 20 minutes, 59 seconds
Distance: 50,892 statute miles
Recovery:
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Vessel: USS
Stormes (DD-780)
Date: 29 November 1961
Time: 18:29 UTC
Prelude to John Glenn's orbital flight on 20 February 1962.

(Credit NASA, click to enlarge)
Enos
and handler prior to flight.
The MA-5 capsule is currently located at the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC.