Apollo 4 - Test of Saturn V launch vehicle
11/09/1967 AD launched
First, uncrewed, flight in the US Apollo program, and the first test of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the rocket that would be used to send astronauts to the Moon.
The space vehicle was assembled in the Vehicle Assembly Building, and was the first to be launched from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, ascending from Launch Complex 39, where facilities built specially for the Saturn V had been constructed.
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 and service module (CSM) modified to test several key Block II revisions, including its heat shield at simulated lunar-return velocity and angle.
Lattitude: 28.5241° N
Longitude: 80.6508° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
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