Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
Saturn IB AS-204
Full Description:
AS-204, the fourth Saturn IB launch vehicle, developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), awaits its January 22, 1968 liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida for the unmarned Apollo 5 mission. Primary mission objectives included the verification of the Apollo Lunar Module's (LM) ascent and descent propulsion systems and an evaluation of the S-IVB stage instrument unit performance. In all, nine Saturn IB flights were made, ending with the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in July 1975.
Date of Image:
1968-01-01
Category:
Saturn Apollo Program
term:
Saturn IB
term:
S-IVB
term:
Lunar Module
term:
AS-204
term:
Apollo 5
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Apollo 5
facet_where:
Florida
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_when:
July 1975
facet_when:
January 22, 1968
facet_when_year:
1975
facet_when_year:
1968
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
6862616
NIX #:
MSFC-6862616
MSFC Negative Number:
6862616
UID:
SPD-MARSH-6862616
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