NASA Photo ID: S66-22930 File Name: 10074675.jpg
Film Type: 70mm Date Taken: 02/26/66
Title: Apollo/Saturn 201 launched from Kennedy Space Center
Description:
Apollo/Saturn 201 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch
Complex 34 at 11:12 a.m., February 26, 1966. The instrumented Apollo -
command and service modules and a spacecraft LEM adapter - was
successfully launched on the unmanned suborbital mission by the Saturn 1B
to check spacecraft launch vehicle mechanical compatibility and to test
the spacecraft heat shield in a high-velocity reentry mode.
Subject terms:
APOLLO SPACECRAFT
FLORIDA
LAUNCHING PADS
LAUNCHING SITES
LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)
SATURN LAUNCH VEHICLES
UNMANNED SPACECRAFT
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