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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 ...
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: ...
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)
The short film "This Island Called Wallops" is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. The short film "Wallops Island launch facility (ca. 1965)" is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. FAA Airport Diagram , effective January 23, 2025; FAA Terminal Procedures for WAL, effective January 23, 2025
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.
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.
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) is a commercial space launch facility located at the southern tip of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia, just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and south of Chincoteague, Virginia, United States.
Launch Pad 0 (LP-0), also known as Launch Complex 0 (LC-0), [2] or Launch Area 0 (LA-0), [3] is a launch complex at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island, Virginia, in the United States. [2] MARS is located right next to the NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), which had run the launch complex until 2003. [4]