The spacecraft tested its instrumentation, posigrade rockets, retrorockets and recovery system.

The launch vehicle reached a slightly higher velocity than expected - 4,909 miles per hour (7,900 km/h).

The Mercury spacecraft was recovered from the Atlantic Ocean by recovery helicopters about 15 minutes after landing.

Mercury spacecraft #2, used in both the Mercury-Redstone 1 and Mercury-Redstone 1A missions, was displayed at the NASA Ames Exploration Center, Moffett Federal Airfield, near Mountain View, California[2] until 2022 when it was relocated to the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, NY.

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