#LTA-10R

[lonestarflight]

"This is a view of the the first test flight of the Saturn V vehicle (SA-501) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch complex 39A. The thrust chambers of the first stage's five engines extend into the 45-foot-square hole in the mobile launcher platform. Until liftoff, the flames impinged downward onto a flame deflector that diverted the blast lengthwise in the flame trench. Here, a flame deflector, coated with a black ceramic, is in place below the opening, while a yellow (uncoated) spare deflector rests on its track in the background. It took a tremendous flow of water (28,000 gallons per minute) to cool the flame deflector and trench. The Apollo 4 was launched on November 9, 1967 from KSC."

Date: November 1967

NASA ID: 6760617

#Apollo 4 #Apollo CSM Block I #CSM-017 #Lunar Module Test Article #LTA-10R #Saturn V #SA-501 #Rocket #NASA #Apollo Program #A-type mission #LC-39A #Kennedy Space Center #Florida #November #1967 #my post

[lonestarflight]

"The Apollo 4 Command Module (CM-017) undergoes checks in its test stand in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building at the Kennedy Space Center, in preparation for the first unmanned test flight of the Saturn V space vehicle, Florida."

Date: May 1967

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#Apollo 4 #Apollo CSM Block I #CSM-017 #Lunar Module Test Article #LTA-10R #SLA-8 #Saturn V #SA-501 #Rocket #NASA #Apollo Program #A-type mission #Manned Spacecraft Operations Building #MSOB #Kennedy Space Center #KSC #Florida #May #1967 #my post

[lonestarflight]

"This photograph shows an early moment of the first test flight of the Saturn V vehicle for the Apollo 4 mission, photographed by a ground tracking camera, on the morning of November 9, 1967. This mission was the first launch of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Objectives of the unmarned Apollo 4 test flight were to obtain flight information on launch vehicle and spacecraft structural integrity and compatibility, flight loads, stage separation, and subsystems operation including testing of restart of the S-IVB stage, and to evaluate the Apollo command module heat shield."

Date: November 9, 1967

NASA ID: 6761216

#Apollo 4 #Apollo CSM Block I #CSM-017 #Lunar Module Test Article #LTA-10R #Saturn V #SA-501 #Rocket #NASA #Apollo Program #A-type mission #LC-39A #Kennedy Space Center #Florida #November #1967 #launch #my post

[lonestarflight]

Closeup aerial view of Apollo 4 Saturn V (CSM-017/SA-501) on LC-39A, during a Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT).

Date: October 10, 1967

NASA ID: 67-HC-552

#Apollo 4 #Apollo CSM Block I #CSM-017 #Lunar Module Test Article #LTA-10R #Saturn V #SA-501 #Rocket #NASA #Apollo Program #A-type mission #LC-39A #Kennedy Space Center #Florida #October #1967 #CDDT #Countdown Demonstration Test #my post

[lonestarflight]

Apollo 4 Spacecraft (CSM-017/LTA-10R) is moved into position to be stacked onto the first Saturn V (SA-501) in the Vehicle Assembly Building's high bay area, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Date: June 20, 1967

NASA ID: link, link, S67-36022, 67-H-1004, link

#Apollo 4 #Apollo CSM Block I #CSM-017 #Lunar Module Test Article #LTA-10R #Saturn V #SA-501 #Rocket #NASA #Apollo Program #A-type mission #Stacking #Vertical Assembly Building #VAB #Kennedy Space Center #KSC #Florida #June #video #my post

[lonestarflight]

Apollo 4 Saturn V (CSM-017/SA-501) launched from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 7:00:01 a.m. (EST), November 9, 1967. "The successful objectives of the Apollo 4 Earth-orbital unmanned space mission obtained included (1) flight information on launch vehicle and spacecraft structural integrity and compatibility, flight loads, stage separation, subsystem operation, emergency detection subsystem, and (2) evaluation of the Apollo Command Module heat shield under conditions encountered on return from a moon mission."

Date: November 9, 1967

NASA ID: S67-50903

Dan Beaumont Space Museum: link

#Apollo 4 #Apollo CSM Block I #CSM-017 #Lunar Module Test Article #LTA-10R #Saturn V #SA-501 #Rocket #NASA #Apollo Program #A-type mission #LC-39A #Kennedy Space Center #Florida #Launch #November #1967 #my post

[lonestarflight]

Apollo 4 Saturn V (CSM-101/AS-501) on the Crawler Transporter Vehicle was rolled out from the Vehicle Assembly Building and slowly (1 mph) moved to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The Apollo 4 mission was the first launch of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Objectives of the unmanned Apollo 4 test flight were to obtain flight information on launch vehicle and spacecraft structural integrity and compatibility, flight loads, stage separation, and subsystems operation including testing of restart of the S-IVB stage, and to evaluate the Apollo command module heat shield.

Date: August 26, 1967

NASA ID: 6757953, ap4-KSC-67PC-379HR, ap4-67-HC-547HR

source

United States. - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Apollo 4 enroute to Pad A of Complex 39. 1967. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/328417>

#Apollo 4 #Apollo CSM Block I #CSM-017 #Lunar Module Test Article #LTA-10R #SLA-8 #Saturn V #SA-501 #Rocket #NASA #Apollo Program #A-type mission #rollout #Vertical Assembly Building #VAB #Kennedy Space Center #KSC #Florida #August #1967 #my post

[lonestarflight]

Early morning view of Apollo 4 (CSM-017/SA-501) on Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, prior to launch later that day. This was the first launch of the Saturn V.

Date: November 9, 1967

NASA ID: Ap4-S67-50531, S67-50531, 67-50531

#Apollo 4 #Apollo CSM Block I #CSM-017 #Lunar Module Test Article #LTA-10R #Saturn V #SA-501 #Rocket #NASA #Apollo Program #A-type mission #LC-39A #Kennedy Space Center #Florida #November #1967 #my post

[lonestarflight]

Apollo 4 Saturn V (CSM-017/SA-501) rolling out of the VAB to LC-39A.

Date: August 26, 1967

NASA ID: link

#Apollo 4 #Apollo CSM Block I #CSM-017 #Lunar Module Test Article #LTA-10R #Saturn V #SA-501 #Rocket #NASA #Apollo Program #A-type mission #Vertical Assembly Building #VAB #Kennedy Space Center #KSC #Florida #rollout #August #1967 #my post