NASA Saturn IB Apollo 5
Saturn IB
Status
Success
Date
22 JAN 1968
22:48
Launch Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 34
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Overview
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.
Rocket
Saturn IB
Mission Type
Human Exploration
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
2
Livestream
Rocket Details
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.
Height
43.2 m
Diameter
6.61 m
Launch Mass
590 T
Thrust
7,100 kN