Little Joe | LJ-5A
Launch was a Partial Failure
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
March 18, 1961, 4:49 p.m. - March 18, 1961, 4:49 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
March 18, 1961, 4:49 p.m. - March 18, 1961, 4:49 p.m.
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.
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.
Mercury No.14 is the Mercury capsule used for the Little Joe 5A mission.
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