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Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket.

Historical image related to Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket. from February 26, 1966

Apollo program

1961–1972 American crewed lunar exploration program

The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. Apollo was conceived during Project Mercury and executed after Project Gemini. It was conceived in 1960 as a…
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AS-201

1966 uncrewed, suborbital test flight within the Apollo program

AS-201 (Also known as SA-201, Apollo 1-A, or Apollo 1 prior to the 1967 pad fire, flown February 26, 1966, was the first uncrewed test flight of an entire production Block I Apollo command and service module and the Saturn IB launch vehicle. The spacecraft consisted of the…
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Saturn IB

American rocket used in the Apollo program during the 1960s and 70s

The Saturn IB was an American launch vehicle commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the Apollo program. It uprated the Saturn I by replacing the S-IV second stage, with the S-IVB. The S-IB first stage also increased the S-I baseline's thrust…
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