Little Joe | LJ-2
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Little Joe · Launch Area 1, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 10th launch · 9th this year
December 4, 1959Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 4, 16:20 – Dec 4, 16:20 UTC
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LJ-2
The Little Joe 2 was a suborbital test flight of the Mercury space capsule, carrying the rhesus monkey Sam close to the edge of space. He was sent to test the space equipment and the adverse effects of space on humans.
Test Flight · Suborbital (Sub)
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