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Mercury: Little Joe booster
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The Mercury capsule and escape tower are being lowered onto the Little Joe booster for launch on August 21, 1959. Joseph Shortal described this as follows (vol. 3, p. 33): The Little Joe booster was assembled at Wallops on its special launcher in a vertical attitude. It is shown in the on the left with the work platform in place. The launcher was located on a special concrete slab in Launching Area 1. The capsule was lowered onto the booster by crane....
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Credit lineMercury: Little Joe booster. NASA/LARC, 1959-10-15. Public domain. ID: LRC-1959-B701_P-07746.
