flown missionSuccess
Little Joe | LJ-2
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLaunch Area 1 — Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- LJ-2
- Type
- Test Flight
- Target orbit
- Suborbital (Sub)
The Little Joe 2 was a suborbital test flight of the Mercury space capsule, carrying the rhesus monkey Sam close to the edge of space. He was sent to test the space equipment and the adverse effects of space on humans.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Little Joe
- Family
- Little Joe
- Provider
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Area 1
- Location
- Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 37.9386, -75.4572