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Apollo 4 Launch
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Apollo 4 Launch |
| Full Description |
On November 9, 1967, Apollo 4, the first test flight of the Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle, was launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39. This was an unmanned test flight intended to prove that the complex Saturn V rocket could perform its requirements. All three stages separated successfully and their engines performed as planned. The third stage also restarted in orbit, which was a requirement for lunar missions. At the end of the flight, the unmanned Apollo spacecraft reentered and proved that it could survive the intense heat generated during a high-speed return from the moon. |
| Date |
11/9/1967 |
| NASA Center |
Marshall Space Flight Center |
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Apollo 4 liftoff
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Apollo 4 liftoff |
| Full Description |
The Apollo 4 unmanned mission lifts off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. This would be the first flight for the enormous Saturn V rocket that would eventually take humans to the Moon. |
| Date |
11/09/1967 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Welding Operation of the LOX
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Welding Operation of the LOX Tank |
| Date of Image |
1965-01-01 |
| Full Description |
This photo shows the closeout welding operation of the liquid oxygen (LOX) tank for the Saturn V SA-501 vehicle for the Apollo 4 mission. |
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Saturn V S-IVB (Third) Stage
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Saturn V S-IVB (Third) Stage for the Apollo 4 Mission in the Vehicle Assembly Building |
| Date of Image |
1967-06-01 |
| Full Description |
This photograph was taken during the final assembly operation of the Saturn V launch vehicle for the Apollo 4 (SA 501) mission. The S-IVB (third) stage was hoisted to be mated to the S-IC/S-II/IU assembly in the Vehicle Assembly Building high bay at the Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 4 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. The Apollo 4 was launched on November 9, 1967 from KSC. |
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Saturn V S-IVB (Third) Stage
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Saturn V S-IVB (Third) Stage for the Apollo 4 Mission in the Vehicle Assembly Building |
| Date of Image |
1967-06-01 |
| Full Description |
This photograph was taken during the final assembly operation of the Saturn V launch vehicle for the Apollo 4 (SA 501) mission. The S-IVB (third) stage was mated to the S-IC/S-II/IU assembly in the Vehicle Assembly Building high bay at the Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 4 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. The Apollo 4 was launched on November 9, 1967 from KSC. |
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Saturn V Vehicle for the Apo
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Saturn V Vehicle for the Apollo 4 Mission in the Vehicle Assembly Building |
| Date of Image |
1967-01-01 |
| Full Description |
This photograph depicts the Saturn V vehicle (SA-501) for the Apollo 4 mission in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). After the completion of the assembly operation, the work platform was retracted and the vehicle was readied to rollout from the VAB to the launch pad. The Apollo 4 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. The Apollo 4 was launched on November 9, 1967 from KSC. |
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Saturn V Instrument Unit for
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Saturn V Instrument Unit for the Apollo 4 Mission in the Vehicle Assembly Building |
| Date of Image |
1967-01-01 |
| Full Description |
This photograph was taken during the final assembly operation of the Saturn V launch vehicle for the Apollo 4 (SA 501) mission. The instrument unit (IU) was hoisted to be mated to the S-IC/S-II assembly in the Vehicle Assembly Building high bay at the Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 4 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. The Apollo 4 was launched on November 9, 1967 from KSC. |
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Saturn V Instrument Unit for
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Saturn V Instrument Unit for the Apollo 4 Mission in the Vehicle Assembly Building |
| Date of Image |
1967-01-01 |
| Full Description |
This photograph was taken during the final assembly operation of the Saturn V launch vehicle for the Apollo 4 (SA 501) mission. The instrument unit (IU) was mated atop the S-IC/S-II assembly in the Vehicle Assembly Building high bay at the Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 4 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. The Apollo 4 was launched on November 9, 1967 from KSC. |
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Saturn V (SA-501) for the Ap
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Saturn V (SA-501) for the Apollo 4 Mission Rollout |
| Date of Image |
1967-08-01 |
| Full Description |
This picture shows the Saturn V vehicle (AS-501), for the Apollo 4 mission on the Crawler Transporter Vehicle. It was rolled out from the Vehicle Assembly Building and slowly (1 mph) moved to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The Apollo 4 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. The Apollo 4 was launched on November 9, 1967 from KSC. |
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Saturn V Vehicle for Apollo
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Saturn V Vehicle for Apollo 4 at the Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center |
| Date of Image |
1967-11-01 |
| Full Description |
This is a view of the the first test flight of the Saturn V vehicle (SA-501) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch complex 39A, awaiting the scheduled launch on November 9, 1967. 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. |
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Saturn V Vehicle for Apollo
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Saturn V Vehicle for Apollo 4 at the Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center |
| Date of Image |
1967-11-08 |
| 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. |
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Saturn V Vehicle for Apollo
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Saturn V Vehicle for Apollo 4 at the Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center |
| Date of Image |
1967-11-01 |
| Full Description |
This is a view of the the first test flight of the Saturn V vehicle (SA-501) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch complex 39A. The thrust chambers of the first stage's five engines extend into the 45-foot-square hole in the mobile launcher platform. Until liftoff, the flames impinged downward onto a flame deflector that diverted the blast lengthwise in the flame trench. Here, a flame deflector, coated with a black ceramic, is in place below the opening, while a yellow (uncoated) spare deflector rests on its track in the background. It took a tremendous flow of water (28,000 gallons per minute) to cool the flame deflector and trench. The Apollo 4 was launched on November 9, 1967 from KSC. |
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Saturn V Vehicle for the Apo
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Saturn V Vehicle for the Apollo 4 in Flight |
| Date of Image |
1967-11-09 |
| 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. |
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Second Stage (S-II) Acceptan
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Second Stage (S-II) Acceptance Test |
| Date of Image |
1960-01-01 |
| Full Description |
This photograph shows a test firing of a Saturn V second stage (S-II) on the S-IC test stand at the Propulsion Test Facility near New Orleans, Louisiana. This second stage component was used in the unmarned test flight of Apollo 4. |
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Saturn V Instrument Unit Bei
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Saturn V Instrument Unit Being Checked At MSFC |
| Date of Image |
1967-11-07 |
| Full Description |
A technician checks the systems of the Saturn V instrument unit in a test facility in Huntsville. This instrument unit was flown aboard Apollo 4 on November 7, 1967, which was the first test flight of the Saturn V. The towering 363-foot Saturn V was a multi-stage, multi-engine launch vehicle standing taller than the Statue of Liberty. Altogether, the Saturn V engines produced as much power as 85 Hoover Dams. |
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AS-501 Launch
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AS-501 Launch |
| Date of Image |
1967-11-09 |
| Full Description |
AS-501, the first flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle, takes flight from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A on November 9, 1967. The unmanned mission, also designated Apollo 4, marked the first test flight of the S-IC and S-II stages, developed for the Saturn program under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center. |
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Apollo 4 stack and mobile la
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Apollo 4 stack and mobile launch tower atop Pad A at Launch Complex 39 |
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The Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) stack and its mobile launch tower stand atop Pad A at Launch Complex 39 just prior to launch. |
| Date |
08.26.1967 |
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Apollo 4 stack and mobile la
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Apollo 4 stack and mobile launch tower moving from VAB toward launch pad |
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The Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) stack and its mobile launch tower atop a crawler-transporter moving from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) toward Pad A, Launch Complex 39. |
| Date |
08.26.1967 |
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Mobile service structure for
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Mobile service structure for Apollo 4 arriving at Pad A, Launch Complex 39 |
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The mobile service structure for the Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned space mission arriving at Pad A, Launch Complex 39. |
| Date |
08.26.1967 |
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Apollo Spacecraft 017 moved
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Apollo Spacecraft 017 moved for mating with Saturn V launch vehicle |
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Apollo Spacecraft 017 is moved into position in the Vehicle Assembly Building's high bay area for mating with the Saturn V launch vehicle. S/C 017 will be flown on the Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501 (Apollo 4) space mission. |
| Date |
06.20.1967 |
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Atlantic Ocean, Antarctica a
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Atlantic Ocean, Antarctica as seen from the Apollo 4 unmanned spacecraft |
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Atlantic Ocean, Antarctica, looking west, as seen from the earth-orbital Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned space mission. This picture was taken when the Spacecraft 017 and the Saturn S-IVB (third) stage was orbiting the earth at an altitude of 8,628 nautical miles. |
| Date |
11.09.1967 |
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Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, Afri
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Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, Africa and Antarctica seen from Apollo 4 |
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Coastal Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, West Africa, and Antarctica, looking west, as seen from the earth-orbital Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned space mission. This picture was taken when the Spacecraft 017 and the Saturn S-IVB (third) stage was orbiting the earth at an altitude of 9,544 nautical miles. |
| Date |
11.09.1967 |
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Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, Afri
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Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, Africa, Sahara and Antarctica seen from Apollo 4 |
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Coastal Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, West Africa, Sahara and Antarctica, looking west, as seen from the earth-orbital Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned space mission. This picture was taken when the Spacecraft 017 and the Saturn S-IVB (third) stage was orbiting the earth at an altitude of 9,745 nautical miles. |
| Date |
11.09.1967 |
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Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, Afri
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Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, Africa and Antarctica seen from Apollo 4 |
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Coastal Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, West Africa, and Antarctica, looking west, as seen from the earth-orbital Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned space mission. This picture was taken when the Spacecraft 017 and the Saturn S-IVB (third) stage was orbiting the earth at an altitude of 9,544 nautical miles. |
| Date Taken |
1967-11-09 |
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Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, Afri
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Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, Africa, Sahara and Antarctica seen from Apollo 4 |
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Coastal Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, West Africa, Sahara and Antarctica, looking west, as seen from the earth-orbital Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned space mission. This picture was taken when the Spacecraft 017 and the Saturn S-IVB (third) stage was orbiting the earth at an altitude of 9,745 nautical miles. |
| Date Taken |
1967-11-09 |
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Atlantic Ocean, Antarctica a
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Atlantic Ocean, Antarctica as seen from the Apollo 4 unmanned spacecraft |
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Atlantic Ocean, Antarctica, looking west, as seen from the earth-orbital Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned space mission. This picture was taken when the Spacecraft 017 and the Saturn S-IVB (third) stage was orbiting the earth at an altitude of 8,628 nautical miles. |
| Date Taken |
1967-11-09 |
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Launching of the Apollo 4 un
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Launching of the Apollo 4 unmanned space mission |
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The Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned space mission was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The liftoff was at 7:00:01 a.m., November 9, 1967. |
| Date Taken |
1967-11-09 |
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Activity in the Mission Cont
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Activity in the Mission Control Room during launch of Apollo 4 |
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Overall view of activity in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center during the launch of the unmanned earth-orbital Apollo 4 space mission. The flight controllers are watching the Saturn V staging on the televison monitor. Apollo 4 was the first launch of the Saturn V space vehicle. |
| Date Taken |
1967-11-09 |
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Apollo Spacecraft 017 moved
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Apollo Spacecraft 017 moved for mating with Saturn V launch vehicle |
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Apollo Spacecraft 017 is moved into position in the Vehicle Assembly Building's high bay area for mating with the Saturn V launch vehicle. S/C 017 will be flown on the Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501 (Apollo 4) space mission. |
| Date Taken |
1967-06-20 |
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Apollo 4 unmanned mission la
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Apollo 4 unmanned mission launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 |
| Description |
Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned space mission was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The liftoff was at 7:00:01 a.m., November 9, 1967. |
| Date Taken |
1967-11-09 |
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Mobile service structure for
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Mobile service structure for Apollo 4 arriving at Pad A, Launch Complex 39 |
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The mobile service structure for the Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned space mission arriving at Pad A, Launch Complex 39. |
| Date Taken |
1967-08-26 |
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U.S.S. Bennington during rec
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U.S.S. Bennington during recovery operations for Apollo 4 |
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U.S.S. Bennington comes alongside the floating Apollo spacecraft 017 Command Module during recovery operations in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The Command Module splashed down at 3:37 p.m., November 9, 1967, 934 nautical miles northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii. |
| Date Taken |
1967-11-09 |
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Apollo 4 stack and mobile la
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Apollo 4 stack and mobile launch tower moving from VAB toward launch pad |
| Description |
The Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) stack and its mobile launch tower atop a crawler-transporter moving from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) toward Pad A, Launch Complex 39. |
| Date Taken |
1967-08-26 |
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Apollo 4 stack and mobile la
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Apollo 4 stack and mobile launch tower atop Pad A at Launch Complex 39 |
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The Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) stack and its mobile launch tower stand atop Pad A at Launch Complex 39 just prior to launch. |
| Date Taken |
1967-08-26 |
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Apollo spacecraft 017 lowere
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Apollo spacecraft 017 lowered on to deck of U.S.S. Bennington |
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The Apollo Spacecraft 017 Command Module is lowered onto a dolly on the deck of the U.S.S. Bennington, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned, earth-orbital space mission. Note charred heat shield caused by extreme heat of reentry. |
| Date Taken |
1968-01-25 |
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Apollo 4 unmanned mission la
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| Title |
Apollo 4 unmanned mission launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 |
| Description |
Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned space mission was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The liftoff was at 7:00:01 a.m., November 9, 1967. |
| Date Taken |
1967-11-09 |
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Early morning view of Apollo
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Early morning view of Apollo 4 unmanned spacecraft on launch pad |
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Early morning view of Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned, earth-orbital space mission ready for launch, with a full moon in the upper left part of the image. The 363-foot tall Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle was launched at 7:00:01 AM (EST), November 9, 1967. |
| Date Taken |
1967-11-09 |
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Early morning view of Apollo
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Early morning view of Apollo 4 unmanned spacecraft on launch pad |
| Description |
Early morning view of Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned, earth-orbital space mission ready for launch. |
| Date Taken |
1967-11-09 |
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