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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 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.
Search. Search. Appearance. Donate; ... Date Version Site Payload 11.11.1974 Terrier Malemute ... Wallops Island NASA 46.015GT (Ampoule Test)
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 ...