LAUNCH CENTER

Partial Failure

Sat Mar 18 1961

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

LJ-5A

Launch Failure

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

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Rocket Details

Name:

Little Joe

Description:

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
Uncrewed launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. It was an attempted re-test of the failed Little Joe 5 flight.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Wallops Island, Virginia, USA

Pad

Launch Area 1