The launch of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Joe_(rocket)" class="extiw" title="en:Little Joe (rocket)">Little Joe</a> booster for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Joe_1B" class="extiw" title="en:Little Joe 1B">LJ1B</a> mission on the launch pad from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallops_Flight_Facility" class="extiw" title="en:Wallops Flight Facility">Wallops Flight Facility</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallops_Island" class="extiw" title="en:Wallops Island">Wallops Island</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia" class="extiw" title="en:Virginia">Virginia</a>, on January 21, 1960. This mission achieved the suborbital Mercury capsule test, testing of the escape system, and biomedical tests by using a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_in_space" class="extiw" title="en:Monkeys in space">monkey</a>, named Miss Sam.
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