Little Joe 2

equipment and biology test flight during Project Mercury
Event rocket_launch Q1921506
Little Joe 2
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Little Joe 2

Summary

Little Joe 2 is a rocket launch[1]. It draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (rocket_launch category, ranking #4 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Little Joe 2 is in the country of United States[3].
  • Little Joe 2's image is recorded as Launch of the Little Joe 1A (1959).jpg[4].
  • Little Joe 2's image is recorded as Monkey Sam Before The Flight On Little Joe 2.jpg[5].
  • Little Joe 2's instance of is recorded as rocket launch[6].
  • Little Joe 2's instance of is recorded as flight testing[7].
  • Little Joe 2's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[8].
  • Little Joe 2's logo image is recorded as Mercury insignia.png[9].
  • Little Joe 2's follows is recorded as Little Joe 1A[10].
  • Little Joe 2's followed by is recorded as Little Joe 1B[11].
  • Little Joe 2's manufacturer is recorded as McDonnell Aircraft Corporation[12].
  • Little Joe 2's part of is recorded as Project Mercury[13].
  • Little Joe 2's Commons category is recorded as Little Joe 2[14].
  • Little Joe 2's space launch vehicle is recorded as Little Joe[15].
  • Little Joe 2's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1959-12-04T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Little Joe 2's UTC date of spacecraft landing is recorded as +1959-12-04T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Little Joe 2's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02_x9p[18].
  • Little Joe 2's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[19].
  • Little Joe 2's significant event is recorded as landing[20].
  • Little Joe 2's crew members is recorded as Sam[21].
  • Little Joe 2's start point is recorded as Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 1[22].
  • Little Joe 2's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+666'}[23].
  • Little Joe 2's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+85'}[24].
  • Little Joe 2's carries passengers or cargo is recorded as boilerplate[25].
  • Little Joe 2's NSSDCA ID is recorded as LILJOE-2[26].

Why It Matters

Little Joe 2 draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (rocket_launch category, ranking #4 of 12).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . 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.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Little Joe 2. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/little-joe-2
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_little-joe-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Little Joe 2}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/little-joe-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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