Little Joe | LJ-1A

Launch Provider & Rocket

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

Mission

Little Joe 1A (LJ-1A) was an unmanned rocket launched as part of NASA's Mercury program on November 4, 1959. This flight, a repeat of the Little Joe 1 (LJ-1) launch, was to test a launch abort under high aerodynamic load conditions. Due to a delayed in the escape motor startup, the abort maneuver was not accomplished at the desired dynamic pressure, requiring a repeat of the test.

• 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)