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Little Joe 5A | font size="+1">Little Joe 5A | | lign="center" colspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"|Mission Insignia | | olspan="2" align="center"|Mercury insignia | | lign="center" colspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"|Mission Statistics | | b>Mission Name: | Little Joe 5A | | b>Call Sign: | LJ-5A | b>Number of
Crew Members: | 0 | | b>Launch: | March 18, 1961
Wallops Island | | b>Landing: | March 18, 1961 | | b>Duration: | 23 min 48 s | b>Number of
Orbits: | suborbital | | b>Apogee: | 7.7 mi
12.4 km | b>Distance
Traveled: | 18 mi
29 km | b>Maximum
velocity: | 1,783 mph
2,869 km/h | | b>Peak acceleration: | 8 g (78 m/s²) | | b>Mass: | 1,141 kg | | lign="center" colspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"|LJ-5A | Little Joe 5A was an unmanned Launch Escape System test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The mission used production Mercury spacecraft # 14. The mission was launched March 18, 1961, from Wallops Island, Virginia. The Little Joe 5A flew to an apogee of 7.7 miles (12 km) and a range of 18 miles (29 km). The mission lasted 5 minutes 25 seconds. Maximum speed was 1,783 mph (2869 km/h) and acceleration was 8 g (78 m/s²). The mission was a success and Mercury spacecraft # 14 was recovered. Mass 1,141 kg. Mercury spacecraft # 14 used in the Little Joe 5A mission, is currently displayed at the Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, VA . External links: Mercury spacecraft #14 display page on A Field Guide to American Spacecraft website.
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