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a01/a05 (AS-204)_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered, verso stamped AUG 10 1966)

"The fourth uprated Saturn I (S-IB-4), the first scheduled to launch a manned Apollo spacecraft, departed Michoud for KSC, on August 10, 1966." The vehicle is being loaded aboard the NASA barge ‘Palaemon’.

 

Above extract from "Saturn Illustrated Chronology - Part 7", at:

 

history.nasa.gov/MHR-5/part-7.htm

 

Arrival at KSC:

 

The barge is misidentified in the following photo:

 

spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo1/html/s...

 

Palaemon during her test run. Note the distinct heavily ribbed canopy...along with the NASA vector logo, aiding correct identification:

 

spacerockethistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/5-The-b...

Credit: Space Rocket History website

 

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Stage_of_Satu...

Credit: Wikimedia Commons

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