Posts: 3507 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
posted 06-12-2021 02:28 AM
A Little Joe II launch vehicle is shown disintegrating after 25 seconds of flight in a test of the Apollo launch escape system. Command module boilerplate #22 was launched at 6:01 a.m. MST on May 19, 1965, from Launch Complex 36 at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The malfunction automatically triggered the escape system, sending the spacecraft to a safe descent.
randy Member
Posts: 2444 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
posted 06-12-2021 08:29 AM
I've never seen this photo before, or one even closely like it. Thanks for the photos Ed.
Panther494 Member
Posts: 505 From: London UK Registered: Jan 2013
posted 06-12-2021 09:20 AM
What a great image. Never seen it before either. Thanks for your continued posting of these excellent shots Ed.
micropooz Member
Posts: 1585 From: Washington, DC, USA Registered: Apr 2003
posted 06-12-2021 10:34 AM
I remember as a kid, not being aware of Little Joe II until Estes put out a Little Joe II model rocket kit. They also put out a brochure that summarized the LJII program, including several shots of this inflight breakup. Need to find that again...
posted 06-12-2021 02:28 AM
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