Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
Saturn V Vehicle for Apollo 4 at the Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center
Full Description:
This is an image of the first test flight of a giant Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 4 mission at the Kennedy Space Center's launch complex 39A, photographed at the dawn of November 8 during the pre-launch alert. Designated as Apollo 4, this mission was the first launch of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Objectives of the unmanned Apollo 4 test flight were to obtain flight information on launch vehicle and spacecraft structural integrity and compatibility, flight loads, stage separation, and subsystems operation including testing of restart of the S-IVB stage, and to evaluate the Apollo command module heat shield.
Date of Image:
1967-11-08
Category:
Saturn Apollo Program
term:
Saturn V
term:
Apollo 4
term:
Kennedy Space Center
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Dawn
facet_what:
Apollo 4
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
6760614
NIX #:
MSFC-6760614
MSFC Negative Number:
6760614
UID:
SPD-MARSH-6760614
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