Little Joe II | A-003

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Government)
• Rocket: Little Joe II — Little Joe family

Mission

A-003 was the fourth abort test of the Apollo spacecraft. This particular flight is notable because during the abort test flight, an actual abort situation occurred, and further proved the Apollo launch escape system (LES). The CM was successfully pulled away from the malfunctioning Little Joe booster and it landed safely under parachutes.

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

Launch Site

• Pad: Launch Complex 36
• Location: White Sands Missile Range
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Program

• Apollo — The Apollo program was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972. (Wikipedia)