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[Apollo 4] The historic liftoff of the first Saturn V rocket from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA, 9 November 1967. Printed 1967. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper [NASA image 67-HC-930]. 25.4×20.3 cm (10×8 in), with NASA reference number “67-HC-930” noted in blue tip pen and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso (NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.) Apollo 4 was the first of the “big shots,” the test launch of the colossal three-stage Saturn V space vehicle that would take men to the Moon. On the morning of November 9, 1967, the ambitious effort to develop the Saturn V was achieved. At 7:00 a.m. EST, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center experienced the roar of a rocket. The mission was the first to lift off from Launch Complex 39, specially constructed for the giant Moon rocket, representing a major milestone in NASA’s efforts to land humans on the Moon. The rocket’s power of 7.5 million pounds of thrust reached the Launch Control Center (LCC), Press Site and spectators, all three miles away, shocking even veteran launch viewers and creating one of the loudest-ever human-made sounds. “Go, baby, go,” Wernher von Braun, the chief architect of the Saturn V rocket, was heard to shout. (Poole, p. 85) The Saturn V’s third stage, or S-IVB, and Apollo Command/ Service Module were placed into a nearly circular 115-mile orbit, as would be the case on lunar missions. After two orbits, the S-IVB’s first re-ignition put the spacecraft into an elliptical orbit with a high point of 11,200 miles. (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/apollo-4-was-first-ever-launch-from-nasas-kennedy-space-center) [Original NASA caption for a variant of the photograph] The Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) space mission was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The liftoff of the huge 363-feet tall Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle was at 7:00:01 a.m. (EST), Nov. 9, 1967. The successful objectives of the Apollo 4 Earth-orbital unmanned space mission obtained included (1) flight information on launch vehicle and spacecraft structural integrity and compatibility, flight loads, stage separation, subsystem operation, emergency detection subsystem operation, and (2) evaluation of the Apollo Command Module heat shield under conditions encountered on return from a moon mission.
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