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"Big Joe" is the nickname for flight of an
Atlas 10-D
carrying an unmanned
boilerplate
Mercury
capsule which was launched from Cape Canaveral on September 9, 1959. "Big Joe" tested the capsule's
ablating heatshield
.
References:
Mercury
(Miscellaneous)
BJ-1
(Miscellaneous)
Atlas 10-D
(Miscellaneous)
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