It was recovered with the monkey intact and alive in the Atlantic Ocean by the USS Borie.

Sam, from the School of Aviation Medicine in San Antonio, Texas, received his name as an acronym of the facility.

[1] The flight time was 11 minutes, 6 seconds, with a payload of 1,007 kg.

The boilerplate Mercury spacecraft used in the Little Joe 2 mission is currently displayed at Airpower Park and Museum, Hampton, Virginia.

[2] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.