Little Joe | LJ-2

Name: Little Joe | LJ-2
Start: 1959-12-04T16:20:00Z
Location: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

The Little Joe 2 was a suborbital test flight of the Mercury space capsule, carrying the rhesus monkey Sam close to the edge of space. He was sent to test the space equipment and the adverse effects of space on humans.

Mission Details

Launch date: December 4, 1959 at 04:20 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Little Joe
Operator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch site: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission type: Test Flight