#pa-2

[lonestarflight]

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

[lonestarflight]

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

[lonestarflight]

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

[japanesecarssince1947]

1950 Ohta PA-2

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[thefakeray]

General Electric / Alco PA 2 and PB 2 demonstrator set- 2,250 HP each unit. by David Rider