Little Joe 1B

Little Joe 1B launches fromWallops Flight Facility on January 21, 1960.
Mission type	Abort test
Operator	NASA
Mission duration	8 minutes, 35 seconds[1]
Distance travelled	19 kilometres (12 mi)[1]
Apogee	14 kilometres (9 mi)[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Mercuryboilerplate
Manufacturer	McDonnell Aircraft
Launch mass	1,007 kilograms (2,220 lb)[1]
Start of mission
Launch date	January 21, 1960, 14:23 (1960-01-21UTC14:23Z) UTC
Rocket	Little Joe
Launch site	WallopsLA-1
End of mission
Landing date	January 21, 1960, 14:31 (1960-01-21UTC14:32Z) UTC
Project Mercury Abort Tests ← Little Joe 2 Beach Abort →

TheLittle Joe 1B was alaunch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S.Mercury program. The mission also carried a femalerhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) named Miss Sam in the Mercury spacecraft. The mission was launched January 21, 1960, from Wallops Island, Virginia. The Little Joe 1B flew to anapogee of 9.3 statute miles (15.0 km) and a range of 11.7 miles (18.9 km) out to sea. Miss Sam survived the 8 minute 35 second flight in good condition. The spacecraft was recovered by a Marine helicopter and returned to Wallops Island within about 45 minutes. Miss Sam was one of manymonkeys used in space travel research.

• Little Joe
• Sam (monkey), NASA Project Mercury rhesus monkey
• Monkeys and apes in space
• List of individual monkeys

 This article incorporatespublic domain material from websites or documents of theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration.

• NASA Project Mercury Mission LJ-1B atKennedy Space Science and Technology website
• Wallops Flight Facility atEncyclopedia Astronautica

• Project Mercury
• 1960 in Virginia
• January 1960 in the United States

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