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Little Joe 6

Early Mercury System Test

Little Joe 6
Spacecraft properties
Little Joe 6 launch Oct. 4, 1959

Mission type	Abort test
Operator	NASA
Mission duration	5 minutes, 10 seconds
Distance travelled	127 kilometres (79 mi)
Apogee	60 kilometres (37 mi)


Spacecraft type	Mercury boilerplate
Manufacturer	McDonnell Aircraft
Launch mass	1,134 kilograms (2,500 lb)


Start of mission
Launch date	October 4, 1959, 10:00 (1959-10-04UTC10Z) UTC
Rocket	Little Joe
Launch site	Wallops LA-1


End of mission
Landing date	October 4, 1959, 10:05 (1959-10-04UTC10:06Z) UTC

Project Mercury Abort Tests ← Little Joe 1 Little Joe 1A →

The Little Joe 6 was a launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The mission used a boilerplate Mercury spacecraft. The mission was launched October 4, 1959, from Wallops Island, Virginia.^[1] The Little Joe 6 flew to an apogee of 60 kilometres (37 mi) and a range of 127 kilometres (79 mi). The mission lasted 5 minutes 10 seconds. Maximum speed was 1,375 metres per second (3,075 mph) and acceleration was 5.9 g (58 m/s²). Payload 1,134 kilograms (2,500 lb).^[2]

References

^ "Historical Snapshot. Little Joe Launch Vehicle". Boeing. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
^ "Chapter 7: Little Joe Series". This New Ocean. NASA. Retrieved March 26, 2023.

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Project Mercury

General

NASA
Space Task Group
Space race
Space flight

Missions

Crewed	Suborbit: Freedom 7 Liberty Bell 7 Earth orbit: Friendship 7 Aurora 7 Sigma 7 Faith 7 Cancelled: Freedom 7 II
Uncrewed	Little Joe 1 Big Joe 1 LJ-6 LJ-1A LJ-2 LJ-1B Beach Abort MA-1 Little Joe 5 MR-1 MR-1A MR-2 MA-2 LJ-5A MR-BD MA-3 LJ-5B MA-4 MS-1 MA-5

Flown non-human

Sam
Miss Sam
Suborbit: Ham
Earth orbit: Enos

Astronauts

General	Mercury Seven
In order of flight	Suborbit: Alan Shepard Gus Grissom Earth orbit: John Glenn Scott Carpenter Wally Schirra Gordon Cooper Did not fly: Deke Slayton
Equipment	Navy Mark IV (space suit)