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Little Joe

8FLIGHTS
37.5%SUCCESS
5FAILURES
1STREAK
Aug 1959FIRST FLIGHT
NOREUSABLE
HEIGHT17 m
STAGES1

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.

Height17 m (56 ft)
Stages1