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The Little Joe 1B was a 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. The mission was launched January 21, 1960, from Wallops Island, Virginia.
Little Joe was a solid-fueled booster rocket used by NASA for eight launches from 1959 to 1961 from Wallops Island, Virginia to test the launch escape system and heat shield for Project Mercury capsules, as well as the name given to the test program using the booster. The first rocket designed solely for crewed spacecraft qualifications, Little ...
Little Joe 1 (LJ-1) was a failed launch of a Little Joe by NASA, a solid fuel rocket that was designed for a Max Q abort and launch escape system test for the Mercury capsule. The objective was to determine how well the escape rocket would function under the most severe dynamic loading conditions anticipated during a Mercury-Atlas launching.
Mission Launch vehicle Launch Remarks Refs QTV: Little Joe II: August 28, 1963, 13:05 GMT Launch Complex 36. Little Joe II qualification test [1] [9] Pad Abort Test 1: None November 7, 1963, 16:00 GMT Launch Complex 36. Launch escape system (LES) abort test from launch pad [1] [9] A-001: Little Joe II: May 13, 1964, 13:00 GMT Launch Complex 36
Little Joe 1A (LJ-1A) was an uncrewed rocket launched as part of NASA's Mercury program on November 4, 1959. [1] This flight, a repeat of the Little Joe 1 (LJ-1) launch, was to test a launch abort under high aerodynamic load conditions.
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The Beach Abort was an uncrewed test in NASA's Project Mercury, of the Mercury spacecraft Launch Escape System.Objectives of the test were a performance evaluation of the escape system, the parachute and landing system, and recovery operations in an off-the-pad abort situation. [1]
Tejano music legend and pioneer Little Joe received the National Heritage Fellowship Award from the National Endowment of the Arts and spoke to NBC News about his life and career.