Little Joe
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North American Aviation
Commercial · founded 1928
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Little Joe
Maiden Flight
21 AUG 1959
About
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.
Vehicle Specifications
Height
17 m
Stages
1
Configuration
Expendable
Launch Record
Total Launches
8
Successful
3
Failed
5
Consecutive
1
Programmes 1
Mercury