LAUNCHER INFO

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.

MANUFACTURER INFO

North American Aviation

LAUNCHER SPECIFICATIONS

(diameter)

null m

TO GTO

null kg

(length)

17 m

TO LEO

null kg

(reusable)

false

LAUNCH STATISTICS