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Little Joe 6 | font size="+1">Little Joe 6 | | lign="center" colspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"|Mission Insignia | | olspan="2" align="center"|Mercury 2 insignia | | lign="center" colspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"|Mission Statistics | | b>Mission Name: | Little Joe 6 | | b>Call Sign: | LJ-6 | b>Number of
Crew Members: | 0 | | b>Launch: | October 4, 1959
Wallops Island | | b>Landing: | October 4, 1959 | | b>Duration: | 5 min 10 s | b>Number of
Orbits: | suborbital | | b>Apogee: | 37 mi - 59.5 km | b>Distance
Traveled: | 79 mi - 127 km | b>Maximum
velocity: | 3,075 mph
4,949 km/h | | b>Peak acceleration: | 5.9 g (58 m/s²) | | b>Mass: | 1,134 kg | | lign="center" colspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"|LJ-6 | The Little Joe 6 was a Launch Escape System test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The mission used a boilerplate Mercury spacecraft. The mission was launched October 4, 1959, from Wallops Island, Virginia. The Little Joe 2 flew to an apogee of 37 miles and a range of 79 miles. The mission lasted 5 minutes 10 seconds. Maximum speed was 3,075 mph and acceleration was 5.9 g (58 m/s²). Payload 1,134 kg.
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