Apollo Pad Abort Test

Apollo Pad Abort Test

Apollo Pad Abort Test

White Sands Missile Range (N.M.)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)

NASA

Apollo Project (U.S.)

Project Apollo (U.S.)

An artist's rendering of a pad abort test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Quoting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): "This Project Apollo Pad Abort test sequence shows the vehicle from launch escape motor ignition

jettison motor ignition and launch escape tower release

drogue parachute deployment

main parachutes in reefed condition

and main chutes fully inflated. The purpose of the Apollo Mission P[ad] A[bort] #1 is to determine the stability and operational characteristics of the Apollo escape configuration during a pad abort. This is the first phase of testing of hardware to land U.S. astronauts on the Moon."

Original greyscale drawing, November 5, 1963: Space Walk of Fame Collection.

1963-11-05

Digital reproduction of original greyscale drawing, November 5, 1963.

Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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1 greyscale drawing

Still Image

White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C.

White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico\33.302515\-106.343581\1963-11-05\1963-11-05

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C.\38.886621\-77.018442\1963-11-05\1963-11-05

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Copyright to this resource is held by Florida Space Coast History Project and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Michlowitz, Robert

Cepero, Laura

"The Apollo Missions." National Aeronautics and Space Administration. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/index.html.