a01_v_bw_o_n (poss. ca. May 1966, unnumbered NAA photo)
“This spacecraft is slated to be the first to carry three U.S. astronauts at one time. It is being readied at North American Aviation, Inc., in California. In early December astronauts Ed White, Gus Grissom, and Roger Chaffee are scheduled to make an Earth-orbiting flight which may last 14 days. The mission is part of the Apollo program to make a manned landing on the moon by 1969.”
The sign between the left-hand side of the spacecraft and unidentified cylindrical object reads:
“THIS STATION IS BEING REWORKED BY DIVISION CONTRACTORS IN PREPARATION FOR SPACECRAFT 014”
…never to be the case.
Regarding CM-014, per Robert Pearlman, via the defunct “A Field Guide to American Spacecraft” website, and part of the discussion thread in the first hyperlink below:
“Planned vehicle for the original Apollo 2 (AS-205) with Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham, to duplicate the Apollo 1 (AS-204) mission in CSM-012. AS-205 was cancelled in December, 1966, and CM-014 was subsequently disassembled in parallel with the disassembly of CM-012 in the post-fire Apollo 1 investigation.”
Further interesting & informative reading regarding Spacecraft/CM-014:
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum29/HTML/001026.html
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum14/HTML/001154.html
Both above credit: collectSPACE website
7.75" x 9.6875", neatly but stupidly trimmed by some well-meaning idiot long ago.
Finally, note also the (temporarily) externally positioned Sextant & Optical Telescope unit/panel on the upper left-hand side of the spacecraft.
a01_v_bw_o_n (poss. ca. May 1966, unnumbered NAA photo)
“This spacecraft is slated to be the first to carry three U.S. astronauts at one time. It is being readied at North American Aviation, Inc., in California. In early December astronauts Ed White, Gus Grissom, and Roger Chaffee are scheduled to make an Earth-orbiting flight which may last 14 days. The mission is part of the Apollo program to make a manned landing on the moon by 1969.”
The sign between the left-hand side of the spacecraft and unidentified cylindrical object reads:
“THIS STATION IS BEING REWORKED BY DIVISION CONTRACTORS IN PREPARATION FOR SPACECRAFT 014”
…never to be the case.
Regarding CM-014, per Robert Pearlman, via the defunct “A Field Guide to American Spacecraft” website, and part of the discussion thread in the first hyperlink below:
“Planned vehicle for the original Apollo 2 (AS-205) with Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham, to duplicate the Apollo 1 (AS-204) mission in CSM-012. AS-205 was cancelled in December, 1966, and CM-014 was subsequently disassembled in parallel with the disassembly of CM-012 in the post-fire Apollo 1 investigation.”
Further interesting & informative reading regarding Spacecraft/CM-014:
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum29/HTML/001026.html
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum14/HTML/001154.html
Both above credit: collectSPACE website
7.75" x 9.6875", neatly but stupidly trimmed by some well-meaning idiot long ago.
Finally, note also the (temporarily) externally positioned Sextant & Optical Telescope unit/panel on the upper left-hand side of the spacecraft.