Category:Big Joe (rocket)

**Big Joe 1**
	capsule reentry test flight during Project Mercury
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Instance of	sub-orbital spaceflight; flight testing;
Part of	Project Mercury;
Location	United States of America;
Operator	National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
Start point	Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 14;
Manufacturer	McDonnell Aircraft Corporation;
Space launch vehicle	SM-65D Atlas (10D);
UTC date of spacecraft launch	9 September 1959;
Type of orbit	sub-orbital spaceflight;
Significant event	rocket launch (1959, Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 14); landing (1959);
Duration	780 s;
Follows	Little Joe 1;
Followed by	Little Joe 6;
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English: Big Joe was a subprogram of NASA's Project Mercury that used a single flight of an Atlas LV-3B launch vehicle to test the ablative heat shield to be used on the Mercury orbital missions.

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Big Joe Boilerplate (1 C, 3 F)

Media in category "Big Joe (rocket)"

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Atlas 10D, Mercury McDonnell Space Capsule. Date- 08-12-1959 (21662698705) (2).jpg 797 × 1,000; 230 KB
Big Joe 1 - launch photo - B59-00556.jpg 3,449 × 4,443; 2.31 MB
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Big Joe 1 on Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral (2).jpg 600 × 688; 207 KB
Big Joe 1 on Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral.jpg 600 × 742; 81 KB
Big Joe Ready for Launch at Cape Canaveral - GPN-2002-000045.jpg 1,701 × 2,906; 5.3 MB