Little Joe | LJ-5A
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Little Joe · Launch Area 1, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 23rd launch · 4th this year
March 18, 1961Add to calendar
Partial Failure
Either the launch vehicle reached orbit but did not deliver its payload in the targeted orbit, or an exceptional event made it impossible to consider the mission a success.
Window: Mar 18, 16:49 – Mar 18, 16:49 UTC
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LJ-5A
Uncrewed launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. It was an attempted re-test of the failed Little Joe 5 flight.
Test Flight · Suborbital (Sub)
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