Big Joe 1
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Big Joe 1 launched an uncrewed boilerplate Mercury capsule from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 9 September 1959. The purposes of the Big Joe 1 were to test the Mercury spacecraft ablative heat shield, aft
Big Joe 1 at LC-14 in September 1959.
The Big Joe Mercury capsule on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Mercury-Atlas 4
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Mercury-Atlas 4 was an uncrewed test flight within NASA's Project Mercury program, launched on September 13, 1961, at 14:04:16 UTC from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14. The mission'
The launch of Mercury-Atlas 4
