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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 ...
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.
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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.
Print/export Download as PDF; ... Date Version Site Payload 11.11.1974 Terrier Malemute ... Wallops Island NASA 46.015GT (Ampoule Test)
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 Wallops Island: AA-3-5 Test flight Success 98 kilometres (61 mi) 6 April 1963 07: ...
Third test of escape system with a production spacecraft. Success Mercury-Atlas 4: 8 September 13, 1961 1 h 49 m 20 s Test of environmental control system with robot astronaut in orbit. Success Mercury-Scout 1 - November 1, 1961 44 s Special satellite to test Mercury tracking network. Failure Mercury-Atlas 5: 9 November 29, 1961 3 h 20 m 59 s
Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) (IATA: WAL, ICAO: KWAL, FAA LID: WAL) is a rocket launch site on Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, United States, just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and approximately 100 miles (160 km) north-northeast of Norfolk.