Little Joe 1B
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The Little Joe 1B was a launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The mission also carried a female rhesus monkey named Miss Sam in the Mercury spacecraft. The mission was launched January... Wikipedia
Date: January 21, 1960
Launch mass: 1,007 kilograms (2,220 lb)
Mission duration: 8 minutes, 35 seconds
Rocket: Little Joe