Apollo 4 (November 9, 1967), also known as SA-501, was the uncrewed first test flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the rocket that eventually took astronauts to the Moon.

Nov 13, 2025 · On November 9, 1967, the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight made a great ellipse around Earth as a test of the translunar motors and of the high speed entry required of a …

The Apollo 4 space mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida in 1967. The uncrewed flight reached an altitude of 11, 234 miles. The mission tested the Apollo Saturn V …

Space mission Apollo 4, also known as Apollo-Saturn 501 (AS-501) was an unmanned flight which orbited three times and lasted for about eight and a half hours. It was launched on …

9 November 1967: The first flight of a Saturn V took place when the unmanned Apollo 4/Saturn V (AS-501) was launched from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Apollo 4 launched on November 9, 1967, about nine months after the Apollo 1 fire. The fire led NASA to eliminate the manned Block I Command Module missions, but of course it still had …

The Apollo 4 mission, unmanned, first flight for Apollo Saturn V was launched into Earth orbit November 9, 1967. The Saturn V and its spacecraft stand as high as a 36 story building, and …

On Nov. 9, 1967, with the Space Age barely 10 years old, NASA took one giant leap forward: the first flight of the Saturn V Moon rocket. For the mission known as Apollo 4, the 363-foot tall …

Apollo 4 (November 9, 1967), also known as SA-501, was the uncrewed first test flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the rocket that eventually took astronauts to the Moon.

Apollo 4 was the first unmanned test flight mission of the Saturn V launch vehicle. This was the rocket used in the Apollo program to send the first men to the Moon.