LJ-1B Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

21 Jan 1960, 2:23pm

Location

Wallops Island Launch Site

Wallops Island

Pad

Launch Area 1

Launch Service Provider

NASA logo

NASA

Vehicle

Little Joe image

Little Joe

Mission

LJ-1B

Mission Type

Test Flight

Destination

Suborbital

The Little Joe 1B was a suborbital launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The mission also carried a female rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) named Miss Sam in the Mercury spacecraft.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC

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