video for embedding at scitech.quickfound.net New version available: black borders removed part 1: www.youtube.com part 2: www.youtube.com Apollo 5 (SA-204, Saturn-Apollo 204) was an unmanned test of the Lunar Module for Project Apollo. A Saturn IB launch vehicle was used to launch the LM into Earth orbit.. Launch date January 22, 1968 22:48:09 UTC Mission duration 11 h 10 m part 1: www.youtube.com NASA film JSC-461 hi-res photo: APOLLO 5 SATURN [SA-204] FIRST STAGE IS HOISTED AT LAUNCH COMPLEX 37B FOR MATING TO SECOND STAGE images.ksc.nasa.gov NASA Apollo 5 Mission Report: ntrs.nasa.gov Wikipedia Apollo 5 was the first unmanned flight of the Apollo Lunar Module, which would later carry astronauts to the lunar surface. It lifted off on January 22, 1968 with a Saturn IB rocket. The Apollo 5 mission tested the Lunar Module in a space environment, in particular its descent and ascent engine systems, and its ability to separate the ascent and descent stages. The descent engine would become the first throttleable rocket engine fired in space. The mission also performed a "fire in the hole" test (as depicted in the mission's insignia) in which the ascent stage engine would be fired while still attached to the descent stage. This was intended to simulate a landing abort during descent to the lunar surface. As with Apollo 4, this flight experienced long delays. The primary cause of this was the Lunar Module, which was well behind schedule. Some of the delay could be attributed to ...
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