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Little Joe Launch Vehicle Main Content
NASA Center: Langley Research Center
Image # : L-1960-00104
Date : 10/04/1959

Title

Little Joe Launch Vehicle

Full Description

Launching of the Little Joe launch vehicle on October 4, 1959 took place at Wallops Island, Va. This was the first attempt to launch an instrumented capsule with a Little Joe booster. Only the LJ1A and the LJ6 used the space metal/chevron plates as heat reflector shields, as they kept shattering. Little Joe was used to test various components of the Mercury spacecraft, such as the emergency escape rockets.

Keywords

Project Mercury Little Joe Launch Vehicle Rocket Langley Wallops Island

Subject Category

Mercury-Program, Wallops Island,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: LARC
  • Center Number: L-1960-00104
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001270

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

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Small .jpg 509 640 162
Medium .jpg 1194 1500 895
Large .jpg 2387 3000 3,439

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