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“The fire-in-the-hole abort was the most critical test of the mission and one we had to accomplish successfully prior to a manned mission.” Gene Kranz – Flight Director Apollo 5
Apollo 5 Mission Patch
Lunar Module 1 delivered to the Cape
LM 1 mated to the spacecraft lunar module adapter
LM 1 inside adapter being hoisted to the booster
Apollo 5 on the launch pad
Apollo 5 lift off
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“…our building’s shaking here. Our building’s shaking! Oh it’s terrific, the building’s shaking! This big blast window is shaking! We’re holding it with our hands! Look at that rocket go into the clouds at 3000 feet!…you can see it…you can see it…oh the roar is terrific!…” Walter Cronkite – Apollo 4 launch.
Apollo 4 mating of SC -017 with Saturn 501
Apollo 4 on Launch Pad
Apollo 4 the night before the launch
Apollo 4 lift off from LC-39A.
Apollo 4 leaves the launch pad
View of crescent Earth from Apollo 4.
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Apollo Saturn 201 employed the Saturn IB launch vehicle, which was the up-rated version of the Saturn I rocket flown in ten earlier Saturn-Apollo missions. It featured an upgrade of the first stage engines to increase thrust from 1,500,000 lb-ft of thrust to 1,600,000 lb-ft. The second stage was the S-IVB. This stage used a new liquid hydrogen-burning J-2 engine which would also be used on the S-II second stage of the Saturn V lunar launch vehicle…
AS-201 Recovery
Apollo-Saturn 201 Launch
AS-202 Launch
AS-203 Launch
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The Pegasus satellite was named for the winged horse of Greek mythology. Like its namesake, the Pegasus was notable for its “wings”, a pair of 29 meter long, 4.3 meter wide arrays of 104 panels fitted with sensors to detect punctures by micrometeoroids at high altitudes. In its stored position with panels folded inside the Apollo service module, the Pegasus was 5.3-meters high, 2.1 meters wide, and 28-cm deep.
Pegasus Stowed Inside the Boilerplate Service Module
Pegasus Micrometeoroid Detection Satellite Deployed
Pegasus Deployment Sequence
SA-9 Launch
SA-8 Launch
SA-10 Launch
Interior of Command Module
