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Success
Fri Apr 28 1961
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

LJ-5B

Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

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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.

Little Joe rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Test Flight
  • Little Joe 5B was an uncrewed launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the US Mercury program.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Wallops Island, Virginia, USA

Pad

Launch Area 4