NASA Little Joe LJ-5A

Name: NASA Little Joe LJ-5A
Start: 1961-03-18T16:49:00.000Z
Location: Launch Area 1

Little Joe

Status

Partial Failure

Date

18 MAR 1961

16:49

Launch Provider

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Pad

Launch Area 1

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Little Joe

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Suborbital

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

Little Joe was a solid-fueled booster rocket used by NASA for eight launches from 1959-1960 from Wallops Island, Virginia to test the launch escape system and heat shield for Project Mercury capsules.

Height

17 m