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Little Joe 5B | font size="+1">Little Joe 5B | | 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 5B | | b>Call Sign: | LJ-5B | b>Number of
Crew Members: | 0 | | b>Launch: | April 28, 1961
Wallops Island | | b>Landing: | April 28, 1961 | | b>Duration: | 5 min 25 s | b>Number of
Orbits: | suborbital | | b>Apogee: | 2.8 mi
4.5 km | b>Distance
Traveled: | 9 mi
14.5 km | b>Maximum
velocity: | 1,780 mph
2,865 km/h | | b>Peak acceleration: | 10 g | | b>Mass: | 1,141 kg | | lign="center" colspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"|LJ-5B | Little Joe 5B 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 # 14A. The mission was launched April 28, 1961, from Wallops Island, Virginia. The Little Joe 5B flew to an apogee of 2.8 miles (4.5 km) and a range of 9 miles (14 km). The mission lasted 5 minutes 25 seconds. Maximum speed was 1,780 mph (2865 km/h) and acceleration was 10 g (98 m/s²). The mission was a success and Mercury spacecraft # 14A was recovered. Mass 1,141 kg. Mercury spacecraft # 14A used in the Little Joe 5B mission, is currently displayed at the Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, VA . Mercury spacecraft #14A display page on A Field Guide to American Spacecraft website.
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