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The Little Joe 6 was a launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The mission used a boilerplate Mercury spacecraft. The mission was launched October 4, 1959, from Wallops Island, Virginia. [1] The Little Joe 6 flew to an apogee of 60 kilometres (37 mi) and a range of 127 kilometres (79 mi).
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 ...
The Little Joe program used seven airframes for eight flights, of which three were successful. The second Little Joe flight was named Little Joe 6, because it was inserted into the program after the first 5 airframes had been allocated. [240] [181] Production spacecraft and boilerplates were used for these test flights. [223]
Deke Slayton as a bomber pilot during World War II Deke Slayton (right) beside a Douglas A-26 bomber. Donald Kent Slayton was born on March 1, 1924, on a farm near Leon, Wisconsin, to Charles Sherman Slayton (1887–1972) and Victoria Adelia Slayton (née Larson; 1895–1970).
A-20G Little Joe at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The Douglas A-20 Havoc is an American attack/light bomber/night fighter aircraft of World War II.. On September 20, 1944 the last Douglas A-20K Havoc was produced by Douglas, with 7098 having been built by Douglas and 380 under license by Boeing. [1]
All of the 80 people on board Flight 4819 — 76 passengers and four crew members — survived the fiery crash. DOGE cuts at 9/11 health program may impact first responders
Joanna Gaines can't get enough of her little boy.. On Wednesday, Jan. 22, the Fixer Upper host, 46, posted a rare photo of her youngest son Crew, 6, whom she shares with husband Chip Gaines, 50 ...
The crew had been ordered to drop the bomb visually if possible; Sweeney decided to proceed with a visual bomb run. [11] Bockscar then dropped Fat Man, with a blast yield equivalent to 21 kilotons of TNT. It exploded 43 seconds later at 1,539 feet (469 meters) above the ground, at least 1.6 miles (2.5 kilometers) northwest of the planned aim point.