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| Saturn 1B
| Saturn 1B
| Unmanned
| Unmanned
| 88 minute test at Earth orbital altitude
| 88 minute test at Earth orbital altitude  
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| AS-202
| AS-202
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| Saturn 1B
| Saturn 1B
| Unmanned
| Unmanned
| 93 minute test at Earth orbital altitude
| 93 minute test at Earth orbital altitude
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| AS-204<br/>(Apollo 1)
| AS-204<br/>(Apollo 1)
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| Apollo 4
| Apollo 4
| Nov. 9, 1967
| Nov. 9, 1967
| Saturn V
| Saturn V
| Unmanned
| Unmanned
| First Saturn V / CSM flight in Earth orbit
| 8 hours and 37 minutes test in Earth orbit (approximately 6 orbits)
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| Apollo 5
| Apollo 5
| Jan. 22, 1968
| Jan. 22, 1968
| Saturn IB
| Saturn 1B
| Unmanned
| Unmanned
| First Lunar Module flight in Earth orbit
| 11 hours and 10 minutes test in Earth orbit (approximately 8 orbits)
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| Apollo 6
| Apollo 6
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| Saturn V
| Saturn V
| Unmanned
| Unmanned
| CSM test: trans-lunar injection with direct abort to high-speed re-entry
| 10 hours and 22 minutes test in Earth orbit (approximately 7 orbits)
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| Apollo 7
| Apollo 7

Revision as of 00:20, 22 June 2011

Mission
Identifier
Launch
date
Launch
rocket
Crew Mission
AS-201 Feb. 26, 1966 Saturn 1B Unmanned 36 minute suborbital test
AS-203 July 5, 1966 Saturn 1B Unmanned 88 minute test at Earth orbital altitude
AS-202 Aug. 25, 1966 Saturn 1B Unmanned 93 minute test at Earth orbital altitude
AS-204
(Apollo 1)
None Saturn 1B Virgil Grissom, Edward White,
Roger Chaffee
Fire destroyed the Command Module and killed the 3 crew members during a launch pad test.
Apollo 4 Nov. 9, 1967 Saturn V Unmanned 8 hours and 37 minutes test in Earth orbit (approximately 6 orbits)
Apollo 5 Jan. 22, 1968 Saturn 1B Unmanned 11 hours and 10 minutes test in Earth orbit (approximately 8 orbits)
Apollo 6 Apr. 4, 1968 Saturn V Unmanned 10 hours and 22 minutes test in Earth orbit (approximately 7 orbits)
Apollo 7 Oct. 11, 1968 Saturn IB Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele,
Walter Cunningham
Block II CSM Earth orbital test
Apollo 8 Dec. 21, 1968 Saturn V Frank Borman, Jim Lovell,
William Anders
Lunar orbit (CSM only)
Apollo 9 Mar. 3, 1969 Saturn V James McDivitt, David Scott,
Russell Schweickart
Earth orbit CSM / LM test
Apollo 10 May 18, 1969 Saturn V Thomas Stafford, John Young,
Eugene Cernan
Rehearsal for lunar landing
Apollo 11 July 16, 1969 Saturn V Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin,
Michael Collins
First lunar landing
Apollo 12 Nov. 14, 1969 Saturn V Charles Conrad, Alan Bean,
Richard Gordon
Precision lunar landing (Ocean of Storms)
Apollo 13 Apr. 11, 1970 Saturn V Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert,
Fred Haise
Lunar landing (Fra Mauro)
Apollo 14 Jan. 31, 1971 Saturn V Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa,
Edgar Mitchell
Lunar landing (Fra Mauro)
Apollo 15 July 26, 1971 Saturn V David Scott, Alfred Worden,
James Irwin
Extended lunar landing (Hadley-Apennine)
Apollo 16 Apr. 16, 1972 Saturn V John Young, Ken Mattingly,
Charles Duke
Extended lunar landing (Descartes Highlands)
Apollo 17 Dec. 7, 1972 Saturn V Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans,
Harrison Schmitt
Extended lunar landing (Taurus-Littrow)