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Apollo 5 (launched January 22, 1968), also known as AS-204, was the uncrewed first flight of the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) that would later carry astronauts to the surface of the Moon. The Saturn IB rocket bearing the LM lifted off from Cape Kennedy on January 22, 1968.
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On December 30, 1989, they defeated Phil Apollo and Vic Steamboat, who was subbing for Apollo's partner Eric Sbraccia, who no-showed, to win the ICW Tag Team Championship. They held onto the belts until March 1990, when they left the promotion. Condrey retired shortly thereafter.
Saturn-Apollo 5 (SA-5) was the first launch of the Block II Saturn I rocket and was part of the Apollo program. In 1963, President Kennedy identified this launch as the one which would place US lift capability ahead of the Soviets, after being behind for more than six years since Sputnik .
Transposition, docking, and extraction (often abbreviated to transposition and docking) was a maneuver performed during Apollo lunar landing missions from 1969 to 1972, to withdraw the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) from its adapter housing which secured it to the Saturn V launch vehicle upper stage and protected it from the aerodynamic stresses of launch.
SA–5–10 Development January 29, 1964 July 30, 1965 6 6 0 Carried Apollo boilerplate CSM and Pegasus micrometeoroid satellites: Saturn IB: SA–200 Apollo spacecraft Earth orbital carrier February 26, 1966 July 15, 1975 9 9 0 Used for Apollo 7, Skylab crews and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: Saturn V: SA–500 Apollo spacecraft lunar carrier
The Right Stuff is a 1979 book by Tom Wolfe about the pilots engaged in U.S. postwar research with experimental rocket-powered, high-speed aircraft as well as documenting the stories of the first astronauts selected for the NASA's Project Mercury program.
For Apollo 3, the support crew consisted of LM specialists Bull and Carr, and CSM specialist Mattingly. [72] The schedule was disrupted by the deaths of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee in the Apollo 1 fire on January 27, 1967, [73] Givens in a car crash on June 6, [74] and C.C. Williams in an air crash on October 5. [75]