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National Aeronautics and Space Administration • Little Joe • Launch Area 1 (NA)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration • Little Joe • LA-1
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.
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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.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Mercury No.14 is the Mercury capsule used for the Little Joe 5A mission.
The escape tower fired prematurely, but the capsule was separated from the booster and splashed down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
