NASA Little Joe LJ-5B

Name: NASA Little Joe LJ-5B
Start: 1961-04-28T14:03:00.000Z
Location: Launch Area 4

Little Joe

Status

Success

Date

28 APR 1961

14:03

Launch Provider

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Pad

Launch Area 4

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Mission Overview

Little Joe 5B was an uncrewed launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the US Mercury program.

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