Recovery Force Ships
| Ship |
Type |
Designation | Covers |
|
Atlantic |
|||
|
USS Recovery |
PRS - Rescue and Salvage Ship |
ARS-43 |
N |
|
2 Chartered Fishing Boats |
Civilian |
- |
N |
|
Cachet |
Description of Cachet |
Colours | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallops Island4 | Handcancel | Maroon | Rubber Stamp |
Notes:
1) The rocket was launched from Wallops Island.
2) A number of failures led to the booster rocket tumbling end over end, very high dynamic pressure at apogee and
the main and reserve parachutes deploying prematurely. On splashdown both parachutes slowly settle down over the
capsule preventing a MAG-26 helo recovery. The spacecraft was recovered by the USS Recovery after one hour and
nine minutes. The escape tower was lost.
3) The flight was initially described as Little Joe 6 by the Wallops Island postmaster and covers from there are
marked as such. It was later changed to Little Joe 5A by NASA.
4) Cover from Steve Durst's CD Book
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