Jan 7, 2024
“SPACECRAFT TUMBLE--Apollo 4 spacecraft command module receives final tumbling test in world’s largest clean room at North American Aviation’s Space Division, Downey, Calif., as part of last-minute inspection procedure of structure before shipment to Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Apollo 4 will be launched late this fall to gather additional spacecraft data on high heat rate entry of command module while simulating lunar reentry velocities of almost 25,000 miles per hour and 4,500 degree temperatures.”
Date: December 1966-January 1967
NAA publicity photo: 102067-A-117
