Little Joe | LJ-1B
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Little Joe · Launch Area 1, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 11th launch · 1st this year
January 21, 1960Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jan 21, 14:23 – Jan 21, 14:23 UTC
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LJ-1B
The Little Joe 1B was a suborbital 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.
Test Flight · Suborbital (Sub)
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