Little Joe II
Convair
Manufacturer
Convair
Family
Little Joe
Maiden flight
1963-08-28
Length
26.2 m
Diameter
3.9 m
Launches
5
Successful
4
American rocket used from 1963 to 1966 for five uncrewed suborbital tests of the Apollo spacecraft launch escape system and of the command module parachute recovery system in abort mode.


Little Joe IISuccess
A-004 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Thursday, Jan 20, 1966, 15:17 UTC

Little Joe IIFailure
A-003 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wednesday, May 19, 1965, 13:01 UTC

Little Joe IISuccess
A-002 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Tuesday, Dec 8, 1964, 15:00 UTC

Little Joe IISuccess
A-001 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wednesday, May 13, 1964, 12:59 UTC

Little Joe IISuccess
QTV · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wednesday, Aug 28, 1963, 16:00 UTC
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