Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
The Little Joe 1B was a suborbital launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The mission also carried a female rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) named Miss Sam in the Mercury spacecraft.
Details
Type
Test Flight
Orbit
Suborbital (Sub)
Location
Unknown
Date
Thu, Jan 21, 1960, 14:23
Weather
Pro