Launch Complex 5/6

• Redstone
• Jupiter
• Jupiter A
• Jupiter C
• Juno I
• Juno II

Other Programs

• Explorer
• Beacon
• Pioneer
• Chimpanzee "Ham"
• Mercury

Cost: $1,314,888

History of Pad 5

• Construction started 1954
• First Jupiter A launched from Pad 5, 19 July 1956
• Jupiter C launched Explorer 3, 4, and 5 plus one test flight, 20 September 1956 - 24 August 1958
• One Juno I launch, 23 October 1958
• Juno II launched Pioneer 3, 4 and 8, 6 December 1958 - 13 October 1959
• First Mercury Capsule 1 launch, 21 November 1960, followed by Capsule 1A, 19 December 1960, both on Redstone
• First Chimpanzee "Ham" launched in Mercury Redstone, 31 January 1961
• First Manned sub-orbital Mercury launch, Alan Shepard, Freedom 7, 5 May 1961
• Second Manned sub-orbital Mercury launch, Gus Grissom, Liberty Bell 7, 21 July 1961
• All 6 sub-orbital Redstone Mercury flights from Pad 5, 21 November 1960 - 21 July 1961

History of Pad 6

• U.S. Government accepted Launch Complex 6, January 1955
• Total 18 Redstone launched, 20 April 1955 - 27 June 1961
• Total 19 Jupiter A launched, 15 March 1956 -15 January 1958
• Two Jupiter C launched, 15 May 1957 and 8 August 1957
• Four Jupiter launched, 1 October 1959 - 5 February 1960

Other Facts

• Launch Complex 5/6 reassigned to Air Force Space Museum, 31 January 1964
• Hurricane Floyd blew down mockup Redstone Mercury on Pad 5, 15 September 1999