Before a Mercury Astronaut Flew, Sam Went First | Little Joe 2 — Dec. 4, 1959 #NASA
Published July 25, 2026
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Before NASA trusted Mercury with an astronaut, a rhesus monkey named Sam faced the forces of launch, escape and reentry. Little Joe 2 launched from Wallops Island on December 4, 1959. Its mission was to test Mercury’s escape system at high altitude while measuring how acceleration and weightlessness affected a living …
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