NASA Little Joe II A-002

Name: NASA Little Joe II A-002
Start: 1964-12-08T15:00:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36

Little Joe II

Status

Success

Date

8 DEC 1964

15:00

Launch Provider

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36

White Sands Missile Range

Mission Overview

A-002 was the third abort test of the Apollo spacecraft.

Rocket

Little Joe II

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Suborbital

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

American rocket used from 1963 to 1966 for five uncrewed suborbital tests of the Apollo spacecraft launch escape system and of the command module parachute recovery system in abort mode.

Height

26.2 m

Diameter

3.9 m