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Launch of Little Joe I-B from Wallops Island
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B60-00364 (4 Nov. 1959) --- Launch of Little Joe-2 from Wallops Island carrying Mercury spacecraft test article. The suborbital test flight of the Mercury capsule was to test the escape system. Vehicle functioned perfectly, but escape rocket ignited several seconds too late.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineLaunch of Little Joe I-B from Wallops Island. NASA/JSC, 1960-01-21. Public domain. ID: b60-00364.
