Little Joe 1B was launched from NASA's Wallops Island, Virginia launch facility on January 21,1960. A female rhesus monkey named "Miss Sam" was carried on this mission. Mercury astronauts John Glenn and Alan Shepard can be seen watching preflight operations in this footage, which is excerpted from the rocket.aero DVD "Little Joe: Mercury's First Steps." For more information visit: www.rocket.aero

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