Little Joe | LJ-2

Launch Provider & Rocket

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

Mission

The Little Joe 2 was a suborbital test flight of the Mercury space capsule, carrying the rhesus monkey Sam close to the edge of space. He was sent to test the space equipment and the adverse effects of space on humans.

• 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)