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Apollo 5: Saturn 1B rocket

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-apo05-10000

Date

2009-04-29

AS-204, the fourth Saturn IB launch vehicle, awaits its January 22, 1968 liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida for the unmanned Apollo 5 mission. Primary mission objectives included the verification of the Apollo Lunar Module's (LM) ascent and descent propulsion systems and an evaluation of the S-IVB stage instrument unit performance. In all, nine Saturn IB flights were made, ending with the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in July 1975.