File:Little Joe 6 launch 10-4-1959 from Wallops Is. Virginia.jpg

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English: Launching of the LJ6 Little Joe on Oct. 4, 1959 took place at Wallops Island, Va. This was the first attempt to launch an instrumented capsule with a Little Joe booster. Only the LJ1A and the LJ6 used the space metal/chevron plates as heat reflector shields, as they kept shattering.
Date Taken on 4 October 1959Category:United States photographs taken on 1959-10-04
Source http://nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~2~2~459~101538
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Category:Files from NASA with known IDs#L59-5137 Category:Black and white photographs of Virginia in the 1950s Category:Carrier rocket launches in the United States in the 1950s Category:Goddard Space Flight Center in 1959 Category:Little Joe 6 Category:1959 black and white photographs
Category:1959 black and white photographs Category:Black and white photographs of Virginia in the 1950s Category:Carrier rocket launches in the United States in the 1950s Category:Files from NASA with known IDs Category:Goddard Space Flight Center in 1959 Category:Little Joe 6 Category:PD NASA Category:United States photographs taken on 1959-10-04