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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 ...
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]
Hughes's price was $19,860 per airframe, without the engine, while Hiller's price was $29,415 per airframe, also without the engine. [7] The Hiller design, designated OH-5A, [7] had featured a boosted control system, while the Hughes design did not, a difference that accounted for some of the price increase.
The spacecraft for this mission consisted of a modified Block I command and service module (Block I production model 002), and a modified Block I launch escape system (airframe 002). The center of gravity and thrust vector were changed to assure that power-on tumbling would be attained after abort initiation.
Walt Disney has won 22 Oscars and four honorary awards. He won his first award, Best Cartoon Short Subject, for "Flowers and Trees" in 1932.
By the time he was 15, Tejano music pioneer Joe “Little Joe” DeLeón Hernández had taken a stance to pick the guitar instead of cotton. He was amazed to make $5 on his first paying gig — he ...
Huntley got by with a little help from his incredible voice on The Voice's Top 12 live show on Monday.The singer and single dad dedicated the performance to his mom, who brought the singer to ...