a (A-003, BP22)_v_c_o_AKP (S-65-19755)

Command Module Boilerplate 22 (BP-22) atop a Little Joe II Launch Vehicle at Launch Complex 36, White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) awaiting an Apollo Spacecraft Launch Escape System (LES) test (Mission A-003). The main/lower Boost Protective Cover (BPC) is not yet attached.

 

www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/JohnsonGW/gallery...

 

Good A-003 reading at:

 

www.airspacemag.com/space/confidence-booster-32681/

 

Last, but very NOT least:

 

Apollo Launch Abort - View on Imgur: m.imgur.com/t/space/2WKROwy

Credit: imgur/willpatt

 

See also:

 

archive.org/details/S65-21969

Credit: Internet Archive website

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