Little Joe (LJ6) Launch
Description: Launching of the LJ6 Little Joe on October 4, 1959 took place at Wallops Island, Virginia. This was the first attempt to launch an instrumented capsule with a Little Joe booster. Only the LJ1A and the LJ6 used the space metal/chevron plates as heat reflector shields, as they kept shattering. Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication, page 77, by James Schultz **note - see L60-104 page 77 also.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: EL-1996-00068
Date: October 4, 1959
Little Joe (LJ6) Launch
Description: Launching of the LJ6 Little Joe on October 4, 1959 took place at Wallops Island, Virginia. This was the first attempt to launch an instrumented capsule with a Little Joe booster. Only the LJ1A and the LJ6 used the space metal/chevron plates as heat reflector shields, as they kept shattering. Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication, page 77, by James Schultz **note - see L60-104 page 77 also.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: EL-1996-00068
Date: October 4, 1959