Little Joe | LJ-1

Launch Provider & Rocket

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

Mission

Little Joe 1 (LJ-1) was a failed launch of a Little Joe by NASA, a solid fuel rocket that was designed for a Max Q abort and Launch Escape System test for Mercury capsule. The objective was to determine how well the escape rocket would function under the most severe dynamic loading conditions anticipated during a Mercury-Atlas launching.

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

Launch Site

• Pad: Launch Area 1
• Location: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, 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)