This mission "flew to an apogee of 60 kilometres (37 mi) and a range of 127 kilometres (79 mi). The mission lasted 5 minutes 10 seconds. Maximum speed was 1,375 metres per second (3,075 mph) and acceleration was 5.9 g (58 m/s²). Payload 1,134 kilograms (2,500 lb)."

Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication, page 77, by James Schultz

Date: October 4, 1959

Little Joe-6 launch vehicle sitting on the LA-1 pad at Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia

Date: 1959

Posted on Flickr by Cliff Steenhoff

The Little Joe 6 (LJ-6) launch vehicle on the LA-1 pad at Wallops Island, Virginia.

"This was the first attempt to launch an instrumented capsule with a Little Joe booster. Only the LJ-1A and the LJ-6 used the space metal/chevron plates as heat reflector shields, as they kept shattering. Little Joe was used to test various components of the Mercury spacecraft, such as the emergency escape rockets."

Date: October 4, 1959

The Little Joe launch vehicle for the LJ-6 mission on the launch pad at the wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia.

Date: October 1959