Atlas LV-3B | Big Joe 1

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Government)
• Rocket: Atlas LV-3B — Atlas family

Mission

Suborbital flight with the objective of testing the Mercury spacecraft ablative heat shield. The Atlas booster section failed to jettison, leading to a lower apogee. It was nonetheless sufficient to satisfy the Mercury spacecraft team.

• Type: Test Flight
• Orbit: Suborbital (Sub)

Launch Site

• Pad: Space Launch Complex 14
• Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Program

• Mercury — Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. (Wikipedia)