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Little Joe 5B High-Q-Abort Test Main Content
NASA Center: Headquarters
Image # : M-344
Date : 04/28/1961

Title

Little Joe 5B High-Q-Abort Test

Full Description

"Little Joe" 5B launched a Mercury spacecraft in a high-Q-abort test. The ring-sail parachute lands the spacecraft off the shore of Wallops Island, Virginia. The Little Joe rocket booster was developed as a cheaper, smaller, and more functional alternative to the Redstone rockets. Little Joe could be produced at one-fifth the cost of Redstone rockets and still have enough power to carry a capsule payload. Seven unmanned Little Joe rockets were launched at Wallops Island, Virginia, from August 1959 to April 1961.

Keywords

Little Joe 5B Mercury Wallops Island High-Q-Abort Test

Subject Category

Mercury-Program, Mercury-Gemini Spacecraft, Rocket Launches, Spacecraft Landings

Reference Numbers

  • Center: HQ
  • Center Number: M-344
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2002-000041

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

ResolutionFormatWidth
(Pixels)		Height
(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail JPEG 63 86 8
Small JPEG 448 614 239
Medium JPEG 1050 1440 1,312
Large JPEG 2100 2879 6,863

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