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Recovery of Apollo boilerplate spacecraft BP-23A after Pad Abort Test 2 flight.
Date: June 29, 1965
NASA ID: S65-19819, WSMR-65-BP23A-42, S65-19820, S65-19821, S64-39583, WSMR-65-BP23A-41, WSMR-65-BP23A-53
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Recovery of Apollo boilerplate spacecraft BP-23A after Pad Abort Test 2 flight.
Date: June 29, 1965
NASA ID: S65-19819, WSMR-65-BP23A-42, S65-19820, S65-19821, S64-39583, WSMR-65-BP23A-41, WSMR-65-BP23A-53
The Launch Pad Abort Test 2 (PA-2) Apollo Boilerplate (BP-23A) being prepared at the Vehicle Assembly Building at White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico.
This capsule was used on two test flights. It was originally BP-23 and flew on A-002 on December 8, 1964 for a Max-Q Abort of the Apollo Launch Escape System. It was refurbished as BP-23A and used for PA-2 on June 29, 1965. This appears to be taken some time between the flights.
Currently, BP-23A is displayed as part of the SA-500D Saturn V exhibit at the US Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama.
Date: 1965
New Mexico Museum of Space History:
NASA ID: S65-14933
Launch of Apollo Pad Abort Test #2 (PA-2)
PA-2 was the follow-on second abort test to Pad Abort Test 1, of the Apollo spacecraft. This was to test the pitch motor and launch escape motor of the Launch Escape System (LES).
Date: June 29, 1965
NASA ID: S65-19822, S65-19825
SDASM Archives: 60385312