Keywords: little joe ii littlejoeii outdoor aka NASA Photo No. S-64-17526 Apollo boilerplate - Little Joe II - damaged Launch Escape System (LES) damaged solid rocket booster WSMR: White Sands Missile Range BP: boilerplate "The Qualification Test Vehicle launch, on August 28, 1963, carried a dummy payload consisting of an aluminum shell in the basic shape of the Apollo command module, with an inert LES attached, and demonstrated the rocket would work for the A-001 launch. This occurred on May 13, 1964, with a boilerplate BP-12 command module, and performed the first successful abort using a live LES." - Wikipedia aka NASA Photo No. S-64-17526 Apollo boilerplate - Little Joe II - damaged Launch Escape System (LES) damaged solid rocket booster WSMR: White Sands Missile Range BP: boilerplate "The Qualification Test Vehicle launch, on August 28, 1963, carried a dummy payload consisting of an aluminum shell in the basic shape of the Apollo command module, with an inert LES attached, and demonstrated the rocket would work for the A-001 launch. This occurred on May 13, 1964, with a boilerplate BP-12 command module, and performed the first successful abort using a live LES." - Wikipedia |