Little Joe 5A
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little-joe-5a-303-7342498
title:
Little Joe 5A
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Little Joe 5A was an 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. The mission used production Mercury spacecraft #14 atop a Little Joe booster rocket. The mission was launched March 18, 1961, from Wallops Island, Virginia. The LJ-5 failure sequence was repeated when capsule escape rocket again ignited prematurely with the capsule remaining attached to the booster. In thi
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Uncrewed test launch of a Mercury capsule
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Joe_5A
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2023-04-08T23:13:45Z
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