#abort test

Stacking of Apollo A-004 Little Joe II at LC-36, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Date: October 23, 1965

SDASM Archives: Casson_0020, Casson_0021

"Recovery of Apollo CSM-002 after Apollo Intermediate Altitude Abort from White Sands Missile Range."

Date: January 20, 1966

Recovery of the Apollo Boilerplate Command Module (BP-06) and Launch Escape System motor of Pad Abort Test 1 following its successful launch and landing. The spacecraft was lifted to 5,193 feet in 16 seconds by the LES (Launch Escape System) solid fuel rocket motor, landing 4,657 feet from the launch pad.

Date: November 7, 1963

Preparations for Apollo Pad Abort Test 1 (PA-1), using Apollo Boilerplate (BP-06) spacecraft, and launch escape system on adapter ring in firing position at Apollo-Little Joe II launch area, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Date: October-November 1963

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.

The Pad Abort (BP-6/PA-1) vehicle lifting off from LC-36 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. This test flight was to investigate the effects on the Apollo spacecraft during an abort from the pad. It also tested the pitch motor and launch escape motor of the Launch Escape System (LES).

"The LES had to be able to pull the spacecraft away from an exploding rocket on the launch pad. The LES then had to gain enough altitude to allow the command module's parachutes to open, preferably with the spacecraft over water and not land.

The flight featured a production model LES and a boilerplate (BP-06) Apollo spacecraft, the first mission to feature one. The spacecraft carried no instruments for measuring structural loads as the capsule's boilerplate structure did not represent that of a real spacecraft."

-Information from Wikipedia: link

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Date: November 7, 1963

North American Aviation photo: 7004-75-2A, 7004-75-2C

NM Museum of Space History: 1-0001, 1-0005, 1-0003

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

"Apollo Boilerplate no. 6, destined for Pad Abort Test no. 1 (PA-1), quietly & unassumingly - albeit with a police escort - passing through the main gate of White Sands Missile Range."

Date: July 1963

NASA ID: S63-3047, S63-3035, S63-3034, S63-3091, link