Little Joe | LJ-6
Launch was a Partial Failure
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Oct. 4, 1959, 10 a.m. - Oct. 4, 1959, 10 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Oct. 4, 1959, 10 a.m. - Oct. 4, 1959, 10 a.m.
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 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.
North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer, responsible for a number of historic aircraft, including the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, and the XB-70, as well as Apollo command and service module, the second stage of the Saturn V rocket, the Space Shuttle orbiter and the B-1 Lancer.
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