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Little Joe · Test Flight
1959Launch Area 1, Wallops Flight Facility
Mission
Little Joe 1 (LJ-1) was a failed launch of a Little Joe by NASA, a solid fuel rocket that was designed for a Max Q abort and Launch Escape System test for Mercury capsule. The objective was to determine how well the escape rocket would function under the most severe dynamic loading conditions anticipated during a Mercury-Atlas launching.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- NASA
- Rocket
- Little Joe
- Orbit
- Sub
- Pad
- Launch Area 1
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2