| Little Joe 5 |
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| Mission statistics |
| Mission name |
Little Joe 5 |
| Spacecraft mass |
1,141 kilograms (2,520 lb)[1] |
| Call sign |
LJ-5 |
| Launch date |
November 8, 1960 15:18 GMT[1][2] |
| Landing |
November 8, 1960[1][2] |
| Mission duration |
00:02:22[1] |
| Apogee |
10.1 miles (16.3 km)[1] |
| Distance traveled |
14 miles (23 km)[1] |
| Maximum velocity |
1,785 miles per hour (2,873 km/h)[1] |
| Peak acceleration |
58.8 m/s² (6 g)[1] |
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 MA-1 |
MR-1 |
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Little Joe 5 prepared for launch, Wallops Is., VA. (NASA)
Little Joe 5 was an unmanned Launch Escape System test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The mission used a production Mercury spacecraft #3. The mission was launched November 8, 1960, from Wallops Island, Virginia. The Little Joe 5 flew to an apogee of 10.1 miles (16.2 km) and a range of 13 miles (20.9 km). The mission was a failure and Mercury spacecraft #3 was destroyed.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h "LJ-5 (9)". Kennedy Space Center. December 8, 2000. http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/lj-5/lj-5.htm. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
- ^ a b Wade, Mark (July 31, 2008). "Little Joe". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/litlejoe.htm. Retrieved January 16, 2010. "1960 November 8–15:18 GMT - Wallops Island LA1. LV Model: Little Joe 1 2P . Little Joe 1-2P LJ-5 FAILURE: At 15.4 seconds the escape rocket motor and tower jettison motor ignited prematurely. Mercury LJ-5 Agency: NASA. Apogee: 16 km (9 mi). Little Joe 5 with a Mercury production spacecraft was launched from Wallops Island to test the spacecraft in an abort simulating the most severe launch conditions. At 15.4 seconds after liftoff, the escape rocket motor and tower jettison motor ignited prematurely. Booster, capsule, and tower remained mated through ballistic trajectory until destroyed on impact."
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