Little Joe (rocket)
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Little Joe was a solid-fueled booster rocket used by NASA for eight launches from 1959 to 1961 from Wallops Island, Virginia to test the launch escape system and heat shield for Project Mercury capsul
The Little Joe 1 launch vehicle with Mercury capsule, August 1959.
An unflown Little Joe booster (backup for LJ-2) along with the boilerplate capsule on display at the Air Power Park in Hampton, Virginia
Little Joe 6 launch 10 4 1959 from Wallops Is. Virginia
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
Little Joe (rocket)
…Castor rocket (Thiokol XM33) Thrust: 58,200 lbf (259 kN) Length: 6.04 m Diameter: 0.79 m Weight: 9,753 lb (4,424 kg) Fuel: Solid Burn Time: 37 s Big Joe 1 Little Joe II…
Big Joe 1 at LC-14 in September 1959.
The Big Joe Mercury capsule on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center