Little Joe 6
Little Joe 6 was a Mercury booster qualification flight testing booster aerodynamics, structural integrity, the launcher, and the destruct system. The boilerplate-spacecraft flight reached about 37 miles altitude and was partially successful despite two motors igniting earlier than planned.
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- Little Joe 6LJ-6Mercury Little Joe 6
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- Little Joe 6
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Little Joe 6 was a Mercury booster qualification flight testing booster aerodynamics, structural integrity, the launcher, and the destruct system. The boilerplate-spacecraft flight reached about 37 miles altitude and was partially successful despite two motors igniting earlier than planned.
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- 1959-10-04
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- Outcome
- Partially successful qualification flight; early ignition of two motors altered the profile, but the booster, launcher, and destruct-system objectives produced useful data.
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- 1959-10-04
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- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 05:44:29 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 05:44:29 UTC
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