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Big Joe Ready for Launch at Cape Canaveral Main Content
NASA Center: Headquarters
Image # : B-59-714
Date : 09/09/1959

Title

Big Joe Ready for Launch at Cape Canaveral

Full Description

Big Joe ready for launch at Cape Canaveral, FL. The objective of "Big Joe" was to test the ablating heatshield. The flight was both a success and failure – the heatshield survived reentry and was in remarkably good condition when retrieved from the Atlantic. The Atlas-D booster, however, failed to stage and separated too late from the Mercury capsule.

Keywords

Big Joe Heatsheild Atlas D Mercury Capsule

Subject Category

Mercury-Program, Mercury-Gemini Spacecraft, Rocket Launches

Reference Numbers

  • Center: HQ
  • Center Number: B-59-714
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2002-000045

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

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(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail JPEG 51 87 7
Small JPEG 363 619 76
Medium JPEG 851 1453 995
Large JPEG 1701 2906 5,429

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