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Apollo 4

Saturn V · Human Exploration

1967Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center

Mission

Apollo 4 was an "all-up" test, meaning all rocket stages and spacecraft were fully functional on the initial flight, a first for NASA. It was the first time the S-IC first stage and S-II second stage flew. It also demonstrated the S-IVB third stage's first in-flight restart. The mission used a Block I Command Service Module (CSM) modified to test several key Block II revisions, including its heat shield at simulated lunar-return velocity and angle.

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Mission Facts

Provider
NASA
Rocket
Saturn V
Orbit
Elliptical
Pad
Launch Complex 39A
NET precision
Year
Data source
LL2
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