LJ-6 Mission

Launch Status

Partial Failure

Date & Time

4 Oct 1959, 10:00am

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-6

Mission Type

Test Flight

Destination

Suborbital

The Little Joe 6 was a launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC

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