LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Thu Jan 21 1960
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
LJ-1B
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
Name:
Little JoeDescription:
Little Joe was a solid-fueled booster rocket used by NASA for eight launches from 1959-1960 from Wallops Island, Virginia to test the launch escape system and heat shield for Project Mercury capsules.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Test Flight
- The Little Joe 1B was a suborbital launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The mission also carried a female rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) named Miss Sam in the Mercury spacecraft.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
Pad
Launch Area 1