Little Joe 6


Photo courtesy P. McQuillan
This was a quick attempt to recover from the LJ-1 launch failure. A true boilerplate capsule was used. Was the same booster used from LJ-1? Only seven rockets were procured from North American, yet there were 8 flights. Note that the UNITED STATES lettering on the rocket is obviously curved. The overall appearance of the rocket and capsule is very similar to LJ-1B. One difference is that LJ1B does not have the extra plates at the base of the booster.


Photo courtesy P. McQuillan
NASA photo L59-7749


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This page created Oct. 11, 1999.