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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 1959
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