Launch of Little Joe 1A (1959) - from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallops_Flight_Facility" class="extiw" title="en:Wallops Flight Facility">Wallops Island</a> carrying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury" class="extiw" title="en:Project Mercury">Mercury</a> spacecraft test article. The suborbital test flight of the Mercury capsule was to test the escape system. Vehicle functioned perfectly, but escape rocket ignited several seconds too late.
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