1959 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Big Joe 1
partial failureAtlas LV-3B | Big Joe 1
Suborbital flight with the objective of testing the Mercury spacecraft ablative heat shield. The Atlas booster section failed to jettison, leading to a lower apogee. It was nonetheless sufficient to satisfy the Mercury spacecraft team.
Overview
- Date / time
- September 9, 1959 at 08:19 AM UTC
- Outcome
- partial failure
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 14
- Mission
- Big Joe 1
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Orbit achieved
- Suborbital