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Big Joe 1 - Space launch mission detailed information

MISSION NAME

Big Joe 1 1

Status

Partial Failure

DATE

9 SEP 1959

LAUNCH PROVIDER

National Aeronautics and Space Administration + -img

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 14

USA

Description

Suborbital flight with the objective of testing the Mercury spacecraft ablative heat shield. The Atlas booster section failed to jettison, leading to a lower apogee. It was nonetheless sufficient to satisfy the Mercury spacecraft team.

Atlas LV-3B

Atlas LV-3B

USA

Rocket Description

The Atlas LV-3B, Atlas D Mercury Launch Vehicle or Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle, was a human-rated expendable launch system used as part of the United States Project Mercury to send astronauts into low Earth orbit. Manufactured by American aircraft manufacturing company Convair, it was derived from the SM-65D Atlas missile, and was a member of the Atlas family of rockets.

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