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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 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-3-1 Test flight Failure 98 kilometres (61 mi) 19 June 1962 BB-III 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
Little Joe 5A was an uncrewed launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. It was an attempted re-test of the failed Little Joe 5 flight. The mission used production Mercury spacecraft #14 atop a Little Joe booster rocket. The mission was launched March 18, 1961, from Wallops Island, Virginia.
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.
Date Version Site Payload 11.11.1974 Terrier Malemute ... Wallops Island NASA 46.015GT (Ampoule Test) 13.08.2017 Wallops Island NASA 46.017UO (Rocksat-X 7)
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 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 ...