Little Joe 1B

launch escape system and biology test flight during Project Mercury
Event rocket_launch Q1921503
Little Joe 1B
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Little Joe 1B

Summary

Little Joe 1B is a rocket launch[1]. It draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (rocket_launch category, ranking #7 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Little Joe 1B is in the country of United States[3].
  • Little Joe 1B's image is recorded as Launch of Little Joe 1B, January 21, 1960.jpg[4].
  • Little Joe 1B's image is recorded as Miss Sam p61.jpg[5].
  • Little Joe 1B's instance of is recorded as rocket launch[6].
  • Little Joe 1B's instance of is recorded as launch escape test[7].
  • Little Joe 1B's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[8].
  • Little Joe 1B's logo image is recorded as Mercury insignia.png[9].
  • Little Joe 1B's follows is recorded as Little Joe 2[10].
  • Little Joe 1B's followed by is recorded as Beach Abort[11].
  • Little Joe 1B's manufacturer is recorded as McDonnell Aircraft Corporation[12].
  • Little Joe 1B's part of is recorded as Project Mercury[13].
  • Little Joe 1B's Commons category is recorded as Little Joe 1B[14].
  • Little Joe 1B's space launch vehicle is recorded as Little Joe[15].
  • Little Joe 1B's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1960-01-21T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Little Joe 1B's UTC date of spacecraft landing is recorded as +1960-01-21T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Little Joe 1B's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/039sqr[18].
  • Little Joe 1B's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[19].
  • Little Joe 1B's significant event is recorded as landing[20].
  • Little Joe 1B's crew members is recorded as Miss Sam[21].
  • Little Joe 1B's start point is recorded as Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 1[22].
  • Little Joe 1B's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+515'}[23].
  • Little Joe 1B's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+14'}[24].
  • Little Joe 1B's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03641051n[25].
  • Little Joe 1B's carries passengers or cargo is recorded as boilerplate[26].
  • Little Joe 1B's NSSDCA ID is recorded as LILJOE-1B[27].

Why It Matters

Little Joe 1B draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (rocket_launch category, ranking #7 of 12).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_little-joe-1b_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Little Joe 1B}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/little-joe-1b}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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