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  2. Little Joe 1B - Wikipedia

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    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. The Little Joe 1B flew to an apogee of 9.3 statute miles (15.0 km) and a range of 11.7 miles (18.9 km) out to sea. Miss Sam survived the 8 minute 35 second flight in ...

  3. Little Joe (rocket) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Project Mercury - Wikipedia

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    Little Joe 6 No additional tests [246] Little Joe 1A The rescue tower rocket ignited 10 seconds too late. [247] Recovered by USS Opportune 11.5 mi (18.5 km) SE of Wallops Island. [248] Little Joe 2 Carried Sam, a rhesus macaque. [247] Recovered by USS Borie 194 mi (312 km) SE of Wallops Island, Virginia; altitude: 53 mi (85 km). [249] Little Joe 1B

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  6. Little Joe 1 - Wikipedia

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    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.

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  9. KAN Little Joe - Wikipedia

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    The development of the Little Joe rocket began in 1945, as the United States Navy sought an effective point defense against Japanese Kamikaze aircraft. [1] [2] The definitive surface-to-air missile project, Lark, was expected to take some time to come to fruition, so a simpler missile, based on existing parts, was proposed by the Naval Air Material Unit.