Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
Saturn V Vehicle for the Apollo 4 in Flight
Full Description:
This photograph shows an early moment of the first test flight of the Saturn V vehicle for the Apollo 4 mission, photographed by a ground tracking camera, on the morning of November 9, 1967. This mission was the first launch of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Objectives of the unmarned 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:
1967-11-09
Category:
Saturn Apollo Program
term:
Saturn V
term:
Apollo 4
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Apollo 4
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_when:
November 9, 1967
facet_when_year:
1967
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
6761216
NIX #:
MSFC-6761216
MSFC Negative Number:
6761216
UID:
SPD-MARSH-6761216
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