page_title: Little Joe II
hierarchical_section_title: Little Joe II
caption_attribution_description: English: View following the liftoff of Apollo Command Module Boilerplate 23 and Launch Escape System atop the Little Joe II launch vehicle at Complex 36, WSMR. Image ID: S64-40370
context_page_description: Little Joe II was an American rocket used from 1963 to 1966 for five uncrewed tests of the Apollo spacecraft launch escape system, and to verify the performance of the command module parachute recovery system in abort mode. It was named after a similar rocket designed for the same function in Project Mercury. Launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, it was the smallest of four launch rockets used in the Apollo program.
context_section_description: Little Joe II was an American rocket used from 1963 to 1966 for five uncrewed tests of the Apollo spacecraft launch escape system (LES), and to verify the performance of the command module parachute recovery system in abort mode. It was named after a similar rocket designed for the same function in Project Mercury. Launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, it was the smallest of four launch rockets used in the Apollo program.
caption: Launch of Apollo A-002 escape system test on the third Little Joe II
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