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Little Joe on launcher at Wallops Island

Little Joe on launcher at Wallops Island. Little Joe was a major project for Langley Research Center. It was a test of the escape and recovery systems on the Mercury spacecraft.

 

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Image Number: L-1959-05136

Date: August 21, 1959

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