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Likewise, the canceled flights' CSMs and LMs went either unused or were used for other missions: After Apollo 15's original H mission was canceled, there was a surplus H mission CSM and Lunar Module. CSM-111 was used for the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). LM-9 is on display at the Kennedy Space Center (Apollo/Saturn V Center)
Apollo 6 (April 4, 1968), also known as AS-502, was the third and final uncrewed flight in the United States' Apollo Program and the second test of the Saturn V launch vehicle. It qualified the Saturn V for use on crewed missions, and it was used beginning with Apollo 8 in December 1968.
This crewed flight was to have followed the first three uncrewed flights. After the fire which killed the AS-204 crew on the pad during a test and training exercise, uncrewed Apollo flights resumed to test the Saturn V launch vehicle and the Lunar Module; these were designated Apollo 4, 5 and 6. The first crewed Apollo mission was thus Apollo 7.
Articles related to the additional Apollo program missions that were planned, but canceled. Pages in category "Canceled Apollo missions" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
It was restored for the Apollo–Soyuz mission to communicate through the ATS-6 satellite in geostationary orbit, an experimental precursor to the current TDRSS system. On the Skylab and Apollo–Soyuz missions, some additional dry weight was saved by removing the otherwise empty fuel and oxidizer storage tanks (leaving the partially filled ...
You may think you've seen photos of the moon landing before, but you haven't like this.
List of NASA missions; List of extraterrestrial memorials This page was last edited on 28 September 2024, at 02:33 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Apollo 13 was slated to be the third landing on the moon after Apollo 8 (1968) and Apollo 12 (1969). Launched on April 11, 1970, the crew was led by commander Lovell, along with command module ...