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Mercury Project
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The Little Joe launch vehicle for the LJ1 mission on the launch pad at the wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, on January 21, 1960. This mission achieved the suborbital Mercury cupsule test, testing of the escape system, and biomedical tests by using a monkey, named Miss Sam.
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Credit lineMercury Project. NASA/MSFC, 1960-01-21. Public domain. ID: 9600694.
