Little Joe 6
Template:Short description Template:Infobox spaceflight 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Little Joe 6 flew to an apogee of Template:Convert and a range of Template:Convert. The mission lasted 5 minutes 10 seconds. Maximum speed was Template:Convert and acceleration was 5.9 g (58 m/s²). Payload Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>