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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Little Joe 5B was an uncrewed launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the US Mercury program.
Serial 14
Launch Crew Count 0
Status Single Use
Landing Time 1961-04-28T14:08:00+0000
Height 17.00 Meters
Max Stages 1
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 0 kN
Diameter 0.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 0 kg
Liftoff Mass 0 Tonnes
Launch Success 3
Consecutive Success 1
Maiden Flight 1959-08-21
Launch Failures 5
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963.