First Apollo launch. Unmanned Apollo spacecraft being launched on the AS-201 test mission by the Saturn 1B rocket on 26 February 1966. This was the first test of Apollo's Command and Service Modules in space,and the first Apollo launch on a two- stage Saturn 1B. Apollo was put into a sub- orbital trajectory,reaching an altitude of 480 kilometres. The 20,820-kilogram payload was heav- ier than any previously launched by the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA). Saturn 1B rockets launched a variety of unmanned and manned Apollo missions into Earth orbit. This research programme led to the launch of manned missions to the Moon aboard Saturn V rockets | |
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