An Atlas launch vehicle carrying the Big Joe capsule leaves its launching pad on a 2,000-mile ballistic flight to the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441411/free-photo-image-mercury-atlas-black-and-white-rocket-launchFree Image from public domain licenseLaunching of the LJ6 Little Joe on Oct. 4, 1959 at Wallops Island, Va. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441606/free-photo-image-black-and-white-nasa-rocket-launchFree Image from public domain license