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Apollo 6 Saturn V (CSM-020/LTA-2R/SA-502) on LC-39A, possibly during a Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT).
Date: March 31, 1968.
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Apollo 6 Saturn V (CSM-020/LTA-2R/SA-502) on LC-39A, possibly during a Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT).
Date: March 31, 1968.
Mike Acs's Collection: link
"Film footage showing interstage between the S-IC first stage and S-II second stage falling away during the Apollo 6 flight. This was taken from the perspective of the second stage and was recorded by a film camera that was jettisoned soon after the first stage separation, and though about 200,000 feet in altitude was still below orbital velocity. It then reentered the atmosphere and parachuted to the ocean where it (and other similar cameras) floated waiting for recovery. It was filmed at high speeds causing the slow motion look of the sequence when seen in a documentary."
Date: April 4, 1968
NASA ID: 68-HC-191, AP6-68-HC-193
Apollo 6 Saturn V (CSM-020/SA-502) on LC-39A at sunset.
Date: February 6, 1968
NASA ID: AP6-68-HC-102
An Apollo Block I Command Module (CM) being mated to a Service Module (SM) at North American Aviation's Downey facility. Based on the date, this most likely Apollo 6's CSM, so it is SM-017 and CM-020. This reason the mismatched CM and SM was due to available hardware. SM-020 was used for Apollo 4 after its SM, SM-017, was damaged in an explosion and had to be scrapped. CM-014 was unavailable for flight as it was being used to aid the Apollo 1 investigation.
Date: December 27, 1966
NASA ID: S67-15721
Apollo 6 Spacecraft (CSM-020/LTA-2R/SLA-9) in the transfer aisle of the VAB. In the background is the AS-500-F Facility Verification Spacecraft (M-11).
Date: December 29, 1967
NASA ID: 67-HC-825
Apollo 6 Command Module (CM-020) being recovered in the the North Pacific Ocean, north of Hawaii, by crews from USS OKINAWA (LPH-3). The spacecraft made three orbits before re-entering the atmosphere.
Date: April 4, 1968
NASA ID: S68-27076, 68-H-322, S68-27161, S68-26958, S68-26936, S68-26989
Science Photo Library: S375/0060
Launch of Apollo 6 (AS-502)
Apollo 6 Saturn V (CSM-020/SA-502) launching from LC-39A. This was the second launch of the Saturn V and the focus of this mission was to fully qualifying the launch vehicle.
"Nominal completion of planned mission events through attainment of the initial parking orbit, and the restarting of the S-IVB to propel the space vehicle towards the planned distance, beyond the Moon's orbit, was deemed sufficient to fulfill Apollo 6's main objectives."
Commemorative mission patch created for the flight by Retrorocket Emblem. source
Date: April 4, 1968
NASA ID: 6864722, 107-KSC-68P-120, 68-HC-201, S68-27364, AP6-S68-27728
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Apollo 6 Command Module (CM-020) being mated to its new Service Module (SM-014) at North American Aviation's Downey facility. SM-020 was used on Apollo 4, since SM-017 was destroyed in a propellant tank explosion during ground testing. SM-014's Command Module (CM-014) was disassembled as part of the Apollo 1 investigation.
Date: November 29, 1966
NASA ID: S66-69044