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Axman
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From: Derbyshire UK
Registered: Mar 2023

posted 08-21-2024 11:49 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Axman   Click Here to Email Axman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I am after any of the following (PayPal transactions only):
  • Little Joe-1 test fail. Escape Tower launch 21 Aug 59
  • Big Joe (Atlas-D10) boilerplate re-entry 9 Sep 59
  • Little Joe-6 (1) rocket-flight test sub-orbital 59km 4 Oct 59
  • Little Joe-1a max-q abort test sub-orbital pF. 4 Nov 59
  • Mercury 'beach abort' test Wallops Island 9 May 60
  • MA-1 uncrewed capsule test sub-orbital F. exploded 29 Jul 60
  • MR-1 (1st attempt) failure 21 Nov 60
  • Little Joe-5b (7) max-q abort test sub-orbital 28 Apr 61
  • MS-1 orbital tracking test. Failure 1 Nov 61

onesmallstep
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From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007

posted 08-21-2024 02:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for onesmallstep   Click Here to Email onesmallstep     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Try Space Cover Store (US dealer). They have Big Joe - 9 Sept. 1959 (on postcard, not cover); Little Joe 5b - 28 April 1961; and MS-1 - 1 Nov. 1961.

Axman
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From: Derbyshire UK
Registered: Mar 2023

posted 08-22-2024 05:12 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Axman   Click Here to Email Axman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks, info greatly appreciated.

Although the Space Cover Store postcard for Big Joe shows a Thor, and in the absence of a cover I am searching for a postcard that shows an Atlas. (They do exist, I have seen them but not recently.)

I have sent an order for the other two so I am still searching for:

  • Little Joe-1 test fail. Escape Tower launch 21 Aug 59
  • Big Joe (Atlas-D10) boilerplate re-entry 9 Sep 59 (cover or Atlas postcard)
  • Little Joe-6 (1) rocket-flight test sub-orbital 59km 4 Oct 59
  • Little Joe-1a max-q abort test sub-orbital pF. 4 Nov 59
  • Mercury 'beach abort' test Wallops Island 9 May 60
  • MA-1 uncrewed capsule test sub-orbital F. exploded 29 Jul 60
  • MR-1 (1st attempt) failure 21 Nov 60

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