MISSION NAME
LJ-6 6
Status
Partial Failure
DATE
4 OCT 1959
LAUNCH PROVIDER

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch Pad
Launch Area 1
Description
The Little Joe 6 was a launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program.

Little Joe
Rocket Description
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.