Saturn IB | Apollo 5
Launch Complex 34
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Apollo 5
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.
Apollo 5 LM
Serial LM-1
Launch Crew Count 0
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1968-01-23T09:59:00+0000
Saturn IB
Height 43.20 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 7100 kN
Diameter 6.61 Meters
Mass To LEO 21000 kg
Liftoff Mass 590 Tonnes
Launch Success 9
Consecutive Success 6
Maiden Flight 1966-02-26
Launch Failures 1
Programs
Apollo
The Apollo program was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972.
