LAUNCH CENTER
Partial Failure
Wed Sep 09 1959
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Big Joe 1
Launch Failure
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(8:19 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(8:19 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(8:19 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Atlas LV-3BDescription:
The Atlas LV-3B, Atlas D Mercury Launch Vehicle or Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle, was a human-rated expendable launch system used as part of the United States Project Mercury to send astronauts into low Earth orbit. Manufactured by American aircraft manufacturing company Convair, it was derived from the SM-65D Atlas missile, and was a member of the Atlas family of rockets.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Test Flight
- Suborbital flight with the objective of testing the Mercury spacecraft ablative heat shield. The Atlas booster section failed to jettison, leading to a lower apogee. It was nonetheless sufficient to satisfy the Mercury spacecraft team.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Pad
Launch Complex 14