Launch Vehicle

Little Joe

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.

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Details

Family: Little Joe
Reusable: No
Manufacturer: North American Aviation

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Launch history

8 items

Little Joe | LJ-5B
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Little Joe
Apr 28, 1961, 9:03 AM GMT-5
Launch site: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Little Joe | LJ-5A
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Little Joe
Mar 18, 1961, 11:49 AM GMT-5
Launch site: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Little Joe | LJ-5
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Little Joe
Nov 08, 1960, 10:18 AM GMT-5
Launch site: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Little Joe | LJ-1B
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Little Joe
Jan 21, 1960, 9:23 AM GMT-5
Launch site: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Little Joe | LJ-2
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Little Joe
Dec 04, 1959, 11:20 AM GMT-5
Launch site: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Little Joe | LJ-1A
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Little Joe
Nov 04, 1959, 9:30 AM GMT-5
Launch site: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Little Joe | LJ-6
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Little Joe
Oct 04, 1959, 6:00 AM GMT-4
Launch site: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Little Joe | LJ-1
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Little Joe
Aug 21, 1959, 8:00 AM GMT-4
Launch site: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

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