Little Joe | LJ-1B
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.
Little Joe was a solid-fueled booster rocket used by NASA for eight launches from 1959-1960 from Wallops Island, Virginia to test the launch escape system and heat shield for Project Mercury capsules.
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Mission Profile
LJ-1B was a Little Joe mission operated by National Aeronautics and Space Administration that lifted off from Launch Area 1, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on January 21, 1960. The flight carried its payload on a test flight mission to Suborbital. It was flown as part of the Mercury program. The launch was a success.