Little Joe II (Convair)
The Little Joe II, manufactured by Convair established in 1943, undertook its inaugural launch on 08/28/1963, is non-reusable and is inactive.
Little Joe II has 4 successful launches and 1 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 5 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
American rocket used from 1963 to 1966 for five uncrewed suborbital tests of the Apollo spacecraft launch escape system and of the command module parachute recovery system in abort mode.
- Length: 26.2 m
- Diameter: 3.9 m
Manufacturer
Convair
Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft. In 1953 it was purchased by General Dynamics, and operated as their Convair Division for most of its corporate history.
Program
Human Spaceflight: Apollo
The Apollo program was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972.
