Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
Type: Test Flight
Orbit: Suborbital
Pad: Launch Area 1, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission Description
Little Joe 1 (LJ-1) was a failed launch of a Little Joe by NASA, a solid fuel rocket that was designed for a Max Q abort and Launch Escape System test for Mercury capsule. The objective was to determine how well the escape rocket would function under the most severe dynamic loading conditions anticipated during a Mercury-Atlas launching.
