Posts: 550 From: Derbyshire UK Registered: Mar 2023
posted 08-21-2024 11:49 AM
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 Member
Posts: 1476 From: Staten Island, New York USA Registered: Nov 2007
posted 08-21-2024 02:35 PM
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 Member
Posts: 550 From: Derbyshire UK Registered: Mar 2023
posted 08-22-2024 05:12 AM
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