Little Joe 1B

Little Joe 1B ( LJ -1B ) was a test flight as part of the Mercury program. Since no flight termination could be simulated during the maximum aerodynamic load with the two previous missions Little Joe Little Joe 1 and 1A, this should be done with this mission. There was the Rhesusäffin (Macaca mulatta ) Miss Sam aboard the capsule. She was, like her predecessor Sam of flight Little Joe - 2, according to the U.S. Air Force School of Aviation Medicine named. This time the flight termination succeeded at the time and Miss Sam was exposed to 28 seconds of weightlessness. The capsule was recovered after splashdown of a helicopter and was already 45 minutes after the start again on Wallops Iceland.

The maximum speed was 3307 km / h, the maximum acceleration of 4.5 g, the capsule flew a distance of 19 km, the peak point was at an altitude of 15 km. The payload weighed 1007 kg.

Gallery

Miss Sam is packed for the flight into appropriate container

Swell

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