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Big Joe Ready for Launch at Cape Canaveral

Big Joe Ready for Launch at Cape Canaveral

(September 9, 1959) Big Joe ready for launch at Cape Canaveral, FL. The objective of "Big Joe" was to test the ablating heatshield. The flight was both a success and failure – the heatshield survived reentry an... More

Big Joe launch vehicle after launching at Cape Canaveral

Big Joe launch vehicle after launching at Cape Canaveral

B59-00556 (9 Sept. 1959) --- U.S. Air Force photo of Big Joe launch vehicle after launching at Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a suborbital test of the Mercury capsule. The capsule was recovered successfully after... More

ARTIST CONCEPT - BIG JOE, NASA Gemini program

ARTIST CONCEPT - BIG JOE, NASA Gemini program

S63-19317 (October 1963) --- Pen and ink views of comparative arrangements of several capsules including the existing "Big Joe" design, the compromise "Big Joe" design, and the "Little Joe". All capsule designs... More

Big Joe Williams. - National Parks Gallery

Big Joe Williams. - National Parks Gallery

Big Joe Williams. ; September 1979 Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright r... More

Big Joe in the Chryse Planitia. NASA public domain image colelction.

Big Joe in the Chryse Planitia. NASA public domain image colelction.

Big Joe in the Chryse Planitia NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description