Little Joe II | A-004
Launch Successful
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Jan. 20, 1966, 3:17 p.m. - Jan. 20, 1966, 3:17 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Jan. 20, 1966, 3:17 p.m. - Jan. 20, 1966, 3:17 p.m.
A-004 was the sixth and final test of the Apollo launch escape vehicle and the first flight of a Block I production-type Apollo Command/Service Module.
American rocket used from 1963 to 1966 for five uncrewed suborbital tests of the Apollo spacecraft launch escape system and of the command module parachute recovery system in abort mode.
Apollo CSM used for the A-004 suborbital test flight.
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