Unmanned Apollo Missions
AS-201 (Unofficially called Apollo 1)
Launch:
Location: Cape Kennedy Air Force Station
Pad: 34 (by Saturn IB.)
Date: 26 February 1966
Time: 16:12:01 UTC
Flight:
Duration: 37 minutes, 19.7 seconds
Orbits: sub-orbital
Landing:
Date: 26 February 1966
Time: 16:49:21 UTC
Recovery:
Location: Atlantic Ocean west of West Africa (8° 56' S, 10° 43' W))
Vessel: USS Boxer
The Apollo 1 designation was given to the original AS-204 mission after a fatal fire on the launch pad.
The capsule is on display at the Strategic Air & Space Museum, Ashland, NE.
AS-203 (Unofficially called Apollo 3)
Launch:
Location: Cape Kennedy Air Force Station
Pad: 37B (by Saturn IB.)
Date: 5 July 1966
Time: 14:53:13 UTC
Flight:
Duration: ~6 hours
Orbits: 4
Mission End:
Date: 5 July 1966
This was a test of the Saturn IB. There was no command or service module, thus there was no recovery.
AS-202 (Unofficially called Apollo 2)
Launch:
Location: Cape Kennedy Air Force Station
Pad: 34 (by Saturn IB.)
Date: 25 August 1966
Time: 17:15:32 UTC
Flight:
Duration: 1 hour, 36 minutes, 2 seconds
Orbits: sub-orbital
Landing:
Date: 25 August 1966
Time: 18:48:34 UTC
Recovery:
Location: Pacific Ocean west of Hawaii (16° 7' N, 168° 54' E))
Vessel: USS Hornet
The AS-202 capsule is on display at the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, CA.
Launch:
Location: Cape Kennedy Air Force Station
Pad: 39-A (by Saturn V.)
Date: 9 November 1967
Time: 12:00:01 UTC
Flight:
Duration: 8 hours, 36 minutes, 59 seconds
Orbits: 3
Landing:
Date: 9 November 1967
Time: 20:37:01 UTC
Recovery:
Location: Pacific Ocean northwest of Hawaii (30° 6' N, 172° 32' W))
Vessel: USS Bennington
Apollo 4 is displayed at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
Launch:
Location: Cape Kennedy Air Force Station
Pad: 37B (by Saturn IB.)
Date: 22 January 1968
Time: 22:48:08 UTC
Flight:
Duration: 11 hours, 9 minutes
Orbits: 4
Mission End:
Date: 23 January 1968
Time: 09:58:00 UTC
There was no capsule on this mission, only the lunar module. It was destroyed during reentry.
The designation of AS-204 was originally given to the mission we all know as Apollo 1.
Launch:
Location: Cape Kennedy Air Force Station
Pad: 39-A (by Saturn V.)
Date: 4 April 1968
Time: 12:00:01 UTC
Flight:
Duration: 10 hours, 22 minutes, 59 seconds
Orbits: 3
Landing:
Date: 4 April 1968
Time: 22:57:21 UTC
Recovery:
Location: Pacific Ocean north of Hawaii (27° 40' N, 157° 55' W))
Vessel: USS Okinawa
The Apollo 6 capsule is located at the Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta, GA.
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