#a-003

Apollo Boilerplate BP-22 being delivered to White Sands Missile Range at White Sands, New Mexico. This spacecraft was used on the A-003 mission, which was a high altitude abort test of the Apollo Launch Escape System.

Date: March 16, 1965

Posted on Flickr by Drew Granston.

A-004 Apollo Boilerplate (BP-22) being stacked on the Little Joe II launch vehicle (Vehicle 12-51-2) in preparation for launch at LC-36 in White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Posted on Flickr by Mike Acs.

Date: April 15, 1965

This mission was to test the high altitude launch abort test during, which as you'll see in the film, an actual abort situation occurred. The Little Joe II Rocket "entered into a roll which caused it to break up before second-stage ignition, and a low-altitude abort was initiated instead of the planned high-altitude abort. The launch escape system canard surfaces deployed and survived the severe environment. The high roll rates (approximately 260 degrees per second at the time of canard deployment) induced by the launch vehicle malfunction stabilized the launch escape vehicle in a tower-forward attitude, which overcame the destabilizing effect of the canards."

-Information from Wikipedia: link

Date: May 19, 1965

Apollo boilerplate spacecraft BP-22 is being checked out before launch of Apollo missiob A-003 (Apollo High Altitude Abort) from White Sands Missile Range

Date: May 9, 1965

Apollo Little Joe II A-003 on its pad at LC-36 in the White Sand Missile Range before its launch.

Date: May 19, 1965

"View of recovery of Apollo boilerplate spacecraft BP-22 after launch of Apollo High Altitude Abort from White Sands Missile Range."

Date: May 19, 1965

Launch of Apollo mission A-003 (Apollo High Altitude Abort) from complex 36 at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico

Date: May 19, 1965