1961 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
LJ-5A
partial failureLittle Joe | LJ-5A
Uncrewed launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. It was an attempted re-test of the failed Little Joe 5 flight.
Overview
- Date / time
- March 18, 1961 at 04:49 PM UTC
- Outcome
- partial failure
- Launch site
- Launch Area 1
- Mission
- LJ-5A
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Orbit achieved
- Suborbital