a04_v_c_o_AKP (unnumbered)
"Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Apollo-Saturn 501) launches from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Liftoff of the 363-ft tall Saturn V launch vehicle occurred at 7:00:01 a.m. (EST), 9 November 1967. Successful objectives of the unmanned earth-orbital mission included:
1. Flight information on launch vehicle and spacecraft structural integrity and compatibility, flight loads, stage separation, subsystem operation, emergency detection subsystem operation.
2. Evaluation of the Command Module heat shield under conditions encountered on re-entry from a lunar mission."
Above is an 'official' NASA caption taken from another Apollo 4 liftoff photo. An uncommon photo of this historic ‘no-fail’ launch that unfortunately has not been handled appropriately.
Interesting:
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Saturn_V_laun...
Credit: Wikimedia
a04_v_c_o_AKP (unnumbered)
"Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Apollo-Saturn 501) launches from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Liftoff of the 363-ft tall Saturn V launch vehicle occurred at 7:00:01 a.m. (EST), 9 November 1967. Successful objectives of the unmanned earth-orbital mission included:
1. Flight information on launch vehicle and spacecraft structural integrity and compatibility, flight loads, stage separation, subsystem operation, emergency detection subsystem operation.
2. Evaluation of the Command Module heat shield under conditions encountered on re-entry from a lunar mission."
Above is an 'official' NASA caption taken from another Apollo 4 liftoff photo. An uncommon photo of this historic ‘no-fail’ launch that unfortunately has not been handled appropriately.
Interesting:
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Saturn_V_laun...
Credit: Wikimedia