To: chimera
I know they kept the Apollo 1 designation as a memorial to the lost crew, and Apollos 4 and 6 were unmanned tests of the Saturn 5. Apollo 5 was the unmanned test of the LM in Earth orbit. But what flights were Apollos 2 and 3?
I did some research and Apollo 2 was launched July 5th, 1966 (three days before I was born) testing the S-IV tank to see how well it can cope with the stress of spaceflight. To confuse things more sometimes it was called Apollo 3 as well.
http://planetfacts.org/apollo-2-learning-the-effects-of-weightlessness/
Apollo 2 or 3?
Apollo 1 was originally called AS-204 but was changed to the former at the wish of Gus Grissom's widow.
261 posted on
08/26/2012 3:52:48 PM PDT by
Nowhere Man
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To: Nowhere Man
Thanks for that. First I’d heard of it. I note the website states that Apollo 3 was another test of the CM and guidance system.
263 posted on
08/26/2012 4:55:22 PM PDT by
chimera
To: Nowhere Man
Google “Operation Highwater” for lots of informaton about pre-Apollo 4 launches. It was actually a pretty cool set of experiments.
272 posted on
08/27/2012 11:51:18 AM PDT by
jboot
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