The AS-501/Apollo 4 launch on November 9, 1967 was the first development launch of the Saturn V launch vehicle and was intended to qualify the Saturn V for operational status. The Apollo 4 mission placed an unmanned command-service module and boilerplate lunar module into earth orbit. The reentry of the command module was used to test various aspects of the spacecraft, telemetry, and ground tracking systems during simulated reentry from a lunar mission.
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Bellcomm, Inc Technical Library Collection, Accession XXXX-0093, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
