Launcher, Rocket, Solid-Fuel, Test Vehicle, Little Joe II
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Object Details
- Summary
- This is the launch support structure for the Little Joe II, a test vehicle for launching Apollo "boilerplate" command modules to test the Launch Escape System. NASA launched five Little Joe II vehicles from 1963 to 1966 at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, probably from this structure.
- NASA transferred the Little Joe II and its launcher to the Smithsonian in 1974.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19740938000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Test
- Materials
- Steel
- Dimensions
- Overall, 31 ft wide, 31 ft long footprint), including wheels ; main housing, 25 ft x 13 ft, x 14 ft height, or 14 ft from ground to bottom of first stage
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19740938000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9a42a25fc-0c43-430a-8c1f-34723bec45ee
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