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Mercury-Atlas 2 (MA-2) was launched unmanned on February 21 1961 at 14:10 UTC from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Florida.Test objectives for this flight were concerned with the ability of the spacecraft to withstand reentry under the temperature-critical abort conditions and with the capability of the Atlas to meet the proper injection conditions.

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