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WSMR-64-BP12-203

aka NASA Photo No. S-64-17526

Apollo boilerplate - Little Joe II - damaged Launch Escape System (LES) damaged solid rocket booster

WSMR: White Sands Missile Range

BP: boilerplate

"The Qualification Test Vehicle launch, on August 28, 1963, carried a dummy payload consisting of an aluminum shell in the basic shape of the Apollo command module, with an inert LES attached, and demonstrated the rocket would work for the A-001 launch. This occurred on May 13, 1964, with a boilerplate BP-12 command module, and performed the first successful abort using a live LES." - Wikipedia

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Uploaded on November 26, 2016