a (CM-007)_v_bw_o_n (NAA documentation photo, 3-25-66, 7008-55-100"I")
Command Module/Spacecraft 007 (S/C 007, CM-007), during assembly in Bldg 290 of the North American Aviation/Rockwell plant, Downey, CA. I believe the capsule is undergoing weight/balance measurements here.
Quite the life of S/C 007 (other than not flying) - per these fine sites:
www.jonessite.net/upload/LRD/stories/CM007A.pdf
Credit: Coye Mac Jones' website
Additional excellent information:
ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740026226...
www.americanspacecraft.com/pages/apollo/CM-007.html
Credit: "A Field Guide to American Spacecraft" website
Amazingly informative & detailed discussion pertaining to Block I and Block II Command Modules, external appearances and configurations and their identification:
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum29/HTML/001008.html
Credit: collectSPACE website
Also:
www.popsci.com/blog-network/vintage-space/when-astronauts...
www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-apollo-tests-seaworthin...
commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:CSM-007
“Apollo Command Module CSM-007 aboard MV Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico, used for manned 48-hour Apollo Block I Command Module post landing systems qualification tests.”
www.navsource.org/archives/10/18/1018153006.jpg
Credit: NavSource Online website
“Apollo Command Module CSM-007A near NASA's MV Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico, during a manned 48-hour Apollo Block II Command Module postlanding systems qualification test.”:
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Apollo_CM-007...
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Credit: Wikimedia
“Apollo recovery test in the Gulf of Mexico. Astronauts Lovell, Roosa and Duke spent 48 hours inside CM-007 April 5-7, 1968 evaluating the capacity of the Command Module to support three Astronauts waiting for a delayed recovery.”
www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/misc/apmisc-68-31...
Credit: Project Apollo Archive/J.L. Pickering
a (CM-007)_v_bw_o_n (NAA documentation photo, 3-25-66, 7008-55-100"I")
Command Module/Spacecraft 007 (S/C 007, CM-007), during assembly in Bldg 290 of the North American Aviation/Rockwell plant, Downey, CA. I believe the capsule is undergoing weight/balance measurements here.
Quite the life of S/C 007 (other than not flying) - per these fine sites:
www.jonessite.net/upload/LRD/stories/CM007A.pdf
Credit: Coye Mac Jones' website
Additional excellent information:
ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740026226...
www.americanspacecraft.com/pages/apollo/CM-007.html
Credit: "A Field Guide to American Spacecraft" website
Amazingly informative & detailed discussion pertaining to Block I and Block II Command Modules, external appearances and configurations and their identification:
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum29/HTML/001008.html
Credit: collectSPACE website
Also:
www.popsci.com/blog-network/vintage-space/when-astronauts...
www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-apollo-tests-seaworthin...
commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:CSM-007
“Apollo Command Module CSM-007 aboard MV Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico, used for manned 48-hour Apollo Block I Command Module post landing systems qualification tests.”
www.navsource.org/archives/10/18/1018153006.jpg
Credit: NavSource Online website
“Apollo Command Module CSM-007A near NASA's MV Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico, during a manned 48-hour Apollo Block II Command Module postlanding systems qualification test.”:
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Apollo_CM-007...
Credit: Wikimedia
“Apollo recovery test in the Gulf of Mexico. Astronauts Lovell, Roosa and Duke spent 48 hours inside CM-007 April 5-7, 1968 evaluating the capacity of the Command Module to support three Astronauts waiting for a delayed recovery.”
www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/misc/apmisc-68-31...
Credit: Project Apollo Archive/J.L. Pickering