<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Joe_1B" id="mwuw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Little Joe 1B">Little Joe 1B</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury" id="mwvA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Project Mercury">Mercury</a> spacecraft, lifts off from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallops_Island" id="mwvQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wallops Island">Wallops Island</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia" id="mwvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> with <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Sam" id="mwvw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Miss Sam">Miss Sam</a>, a female <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhesus_macaque" id="mwwA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rhesus macaque">rhesus monkey</a> on board.