a04 (AS-501)_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered, NAA promotional photo, flight profile, 67-H-1389 eq)
North American Aviation artist's concept of the Apollo 4 (AS-501) flight profile/mission sequence of events.
Description/caption associated with this exact image (in color) in the NAA promotional brochure “This is the first of the big shots: NASA’s Apollo 4.”
“Here - at a glance - is the plan for Apollo 4. Lift-off at Kennedy Space Center...earth orbit and translunar injection...apogee at 11,400 miles...the plummet back to earth and re-entry at almost 25,000 mph...finally, splashdown in the Pacific. (This photograph of the mission was made on a single negative with 89 exposures using a 1/100th-scale model of the Apollo/Saturn V vehicle.)
a04 (AS-501)_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered, NAA promotional photo, flight profile, 67-H-1389 eq)
North American Aviation artist's concept of the Apollo 4 (AS-501) flight profile/mission sequence of events.
Description/caption associated with this exact image (in color) in the NAA promotional brochure “This is the first of the big shots: NASA’s Apollo 4.”
“Here - at a glance - is the plan for Apollo 4. Lift-off at Kennedy Space Center...earth orbit and translunar injection...apogee at 11,400 miles...the plummet back to earth and re-entry at almost 25,000 mph...finally, splashdown in the Pacific. (This photograph of the mission was made on a single negative with 89 exposures using a 1/100th-scale model of the Apollo/Saturn V vehicle.)