#a-type mission

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"Dramatic view of the launch of Apollo 4, the first full-up test of the awesome Saturn V, 7:00:01 a.m. (EST), Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center."

Date: November 9, 1967

NAR-Rocketdyne photo no. VEH690

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Apollo 4 Command Module (CM-017) stored onboard USS BENNINGTON (CV-20) following its splash down in the Pacific Ocean.

November 9, 1967

NASA: S67-49622, S67-49620, S67-49615

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Apollo 4 Command Module (CM-017) shortly after its splashdown at the conclusion of its highly successful mission.

Date: November 9, 1967

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"In the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, workers lower the Lunar Test Article-10R into the base of the Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter" (SLA-8) for the Apollo 4 mission.

Date: October 24, 1966

NASA ID: S66-56274, 67-HC-710, 67-H-1502

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Concept art of Apollo 4's 4-minute and 25-second burn of its service module engine during the third orbit. This was to simulate a translunar trajectory and re-entry, reach speeds of almost 25,500 miles an hour. This is the longest burn ever performed by the service module engine, building up a thrust of almost 21,500 pounds.

Date: November 9, 1967

Aerojet-General Corp Photo: C 167 071

NAA photo: 092167 A-121, link, 092167 A-120, 092167 A-118

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Diagram illustrating the flight path of the Apollo 4 mission.

Date: November 9, 1967

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The Apollo 4 Lunar Test Article 10R (LTA-10R) at the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, prior to its assembly and mating with the Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA-8).

"Since the objectives of the Apollo 4 mission did not include the LM, a boilerplate model designated LTA-10R was carried instead by SA-501 to simulate the mass and dynamic properties of this part of the payload. With a mass of 13.4 metric tons, LTA-10R consisted of a flight-type LM descent stage without landing gear topped by a ballasted aluminum structure to simulate the ascent stage.

Originally built as LTA-10 by Grumman for use in fit checks and separation tests by North American for its SLA work, it was refurbished to become LTA-10R for use as a flightworthy stand-in for the LM in the Apollo 4 mission. The propellant tanks of the mock descent stage were filled with a water-glycol mixture and Freon to simulate the characteristics of fuel and oxidizer for the LM propulsion system.

Instrumentation mounted on 36 points on LTA-10R would return data on the dynamics of the structure during the first 12 minutes of flight. No flight instrumentation was included in the simulated ascent stage structure. LTA-10R would remain attached to the spent S-IVB stage after separation of the CSM and be destroyed along with the spent stage during reentry over the Pacific."

-Information from drewexmachina.com: link

Date: September 22, 1966

NASA ID: 108P-KSC-66P-450, 108P-KSC-66P-451, S66-56274

Mike Acs's Collection: link

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Apollo 4 Command and Service Module (CSM-017) being prepared for its A-type mission at the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building in Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

"The Apollo spacecraft for this mission was CSM-017. With a fully fueled launch mass of 30.4 metric tons, this would be the most massive manned spacecraft prototype ever flown. Although it was a Block I type Apollo which would not be employed in subsequent manned flights (a decision which predated the Apollo 1 accident), CSM-017 carried a number of modifications to flight test upgrades for the Block II series spacecraft proposed in the wake of the Apollo 1 accident. These included the umbilical running along the rim of the heat shield from the CM to SM and an outer panel which simulated the new quick-release, outward-opening CM hatch to test its flexible thermal seal in flight. The hatch window was replaced with an instrumented test panel carrying simulations of the seals and gaps between the hatch and the surrounding heat shield. The arrangement of antennas emulated that of the Block II design and the CM used the same type of protective thermal coating that would be employed by the Block II spacecraft.

Diagram showing the interior of CM-017 for the Apollo 4 mission with the electromechanical command controller.

Since there would be no crew, the interior of CM-017 did not carry astronaut couches as well as some flight controls and instrumentation displays just like the earlier unmanned Apollo test flights. Fitted inside of the cabin was a 163-kilogram electromechanical command controller unit that would execute a preprogrammed sequence of commands or respond to ground commands to put the Apollo spacecraft through its paces during independent flight. This design had been successfully used in the earlier AS-202 unmanned test flight."

Date: January 5, 1967

Photo and information from drewexmachina.com: link