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Wallops Island NASA NASA Suborbital Aeronomy: 28 February: Successful Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi) 28 February: Hopi-Dart: Wallops Island NASA: NASA Suborbital Test flight: 28 February: Launch failure Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) February: Nike-Apache White Sands US Army US Army Suborbital REV Test: February: Successful Apogee: 100 ...
Wallops Island: AA-3-3 Test flight Failure 100 kilometres (62 mi) 28 June 1962 BB-III Wallops Island: AA-3-4 Test flight Failure 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) 13 December 1962 BB-III Wallops Island: AA-3-6 Test flight Success 90 kilometres (56 mi) 13 December 1962 BB-III Wallops Island: AA-3-5 Test flight Success 98 kilometres (61 mi) 6 April 1963 07: ...
Missile test: 17 March: Successful Apogee: 1,350 kilometres (840 mi) 17 March: Honest John-Nike-Nike-20"SM: Wallops Island NASA NASA Suborbital Test flight: 17 March: Successful Apogee: 1,380 kilometres (860 mi) 19 March 00:59 SM-65C Atlas Cape Canaveral LC-12 US Air Force US Air Force Suborbital Missile test: 19 March: Launch failure
Little Joe 5 was the November 8, 1960, unmanned atmospheric test flight of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The objective was to test a production Mercury capsule (#3) and the launch escape system during an ascent abort at maximum dynamic pressure. The mission was launched from Wallops Island, Virginia.
Wallops Island NASA NASA Suborbital REV Test: 18 January: Successful Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi) 19 January 12:42 Iris: Wallops Island LA-1: NASA NASA Suborbital Aeronomy: 19 January: Launch failure Apogee: 138 kilometres (86 mi) 20 January 20:53 HGM-25A Titan I: Cape Canaveral LC-19: US Air Force US Air Force Suborbital Missile test: 20 ...
Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) (IATA: WAL, ICAO: KWAL, FAA LID: WAL) is a rocket launch site on Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, United States, just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and approximately 100 miles (160 km) north-northeast of Norfolk.
The Little Joe 2 was a test of the Mercury space capsule, carrying the rhesus monkey Sam (Macaca mulatta) close to the edge of space. He was sent to test the space equipment and the adverse effects of space on humans. The flight was launched December 4, 1959, at 11:15 a.m. ET from Wallops Island, Virginia, United States. Little Joe 2 flew to an ...
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] The test took place at NASA's Wallops Island, Virginia, test facility on May 9, 1960. In the test, the Mercury spacecraft and its Launch Escape System were fired from ground ...