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Apollo 5 - Space launch mission detailed information

MISSION NAME

Apollo 5 5

Status

Success

DATE

22 JAN 1968

LAUNCH PROVIDER

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 34

USA

Description

The Apollo 5 mission tested the Lunar Module in a space environment, in particular its descent and ascent engine systems, and its ability to separate the ascent and descent stages. The descent engine would become the first throttleable rocket engine fired in space.

Saturn IB

Saturn IB

USA

Rocket Description

The Saturn IB (pronounced "one B", also known as the Uprated Saturn I) was an American launch vehicle commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the Apollo program. It replaced the S-IV second stage of the Saturn I with the much more powerful S-IVB, able to launch a partially fueled Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) or a fully fueled Lunar Module (LM) into low Earth orbit for early flight tests before the larger Saturn V needed for lunar flight was ready.

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