Apollo project Chronological
Many rockets were used for the development of APOLLO spaceship from LittleJoe-II to Saturn-V.
Mission which Saturn-I, Saturn-IB, Saturn-V were used for is being collected here.
Apollo Insignia
The mission of AS-201 and AS-202 with Apollo CSM had been unofficially called as Apollo 1 and Apollo 2.
But after AS-204 tragedy, in the spring of 1967, NASA's Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, Dr. George E. Mueller, announced the AS-204 mission would be called as Apollo 1 in honor of the crew. And AS-501 was called Apollo 4 as before. So no missions were ever designated Apollo 2 and Apollo 3.
And Saturn-1B booster SA-204 which was assigned for AS-204, was used for Apollo 5.
Color meaning.
| Launch vehicle and spacecraft deveropment flight |
| Apollo spacecraft abort test |
| Trajectory flight |
| The earth orbit flight |
| The moon orbit flight |
| The moon landing flight |
| Launch Date |
Mission Designation | Vehicle | Vehicle No. |
Pad | Payload | Mission Objectives / Accomplishments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct.27.1961 10:06 EST |
Saturn-Apollo | Saturn1 | SA-1 | 34 | Water for ballast, dummy second stage and Jupiter nose cone. | Saturn I launch vehicle first-stage booster research & development | |
| Apr.25.1962 09:00:34 EST |
Saturn-Apollo | Saturn1 | SA-2 | 34 | Water for ballast, dummy second stage and Jupiter nose cone. | launch vehicle test and water ballast payload/experiment | |
| Nov.16.1962 12:45:02 EST |
Saturn-Apollo | Saturn1 | SA-3 | 34 | Water for ballast, dummy second stage and Jupiter nose cone. | launch vehicle test and water ballast payload/experiment | |
| Mar.28.1963 15:11:55 EST |
Saturn-Apollo | Saturn1 | SA-4 | 34 | Water for ballast, dummy second stage and Jupiter nose cone. | tested premature engine cutoff capabilities | |
| Nov.07.1963 09:00:01 MST |
Pad-Abort-Test-1 | none | WSMR Area#3 | BP(Boilerplate)-6 | Use only BP and LES.Test LES capability to propel a CM in Lanch pad. | ||
| Jan.29.1964 11:25:01 EST |
Saturn-Apollo | Saturn1 | SA-5 | 37B | live second stage (S-IV) and IU,Jupiter nose cone. | first flight test of S-IV second stage | |
| May.13.1964 05:59:59.7 MST |
A-001 | LittleJoeII-2 | WSMR LC36 | BP-12 | Test LES capability in the high-dynamic-pressure (transonic) region of the saturn trajectory. | ||
| May.28.1964 12:07:00 EST |
A-101 | Saturn-Apollo | Saturn1 | SA-6 | 37B | CSM boilerplate(BP)-13, LES | carried first boilerplate Apollo Command & Service module, live LES |
| Sep.18.1964 11:22:43 EST |
A-102 | Saturn-Apollo | Saturn1 | SA-7 | 37B | BP-15 | similar testing as with SA-6; also demoed launch escape jettison |
| Dec.08.1964 08:00:00: MST |
A-002 | LittleJoeII-3 | WSMR LC36 | BP-23 | Test LES capability in the maximum dynamic pressure region of the saturn trajectory. | ||
| Feb.16.1965 09:37:03 EST |
A-103 | Saturn-Apollo (Pegasus1) |
Saturn1 | SA-9 | 37B | BP-16 & Pegasus A (meteoroid detection satellite) | carried boilerplate Apollo spacecraft and Pegasus satellite |
| May.19.1965 06:01:04 MST |
A-003 | LittleJoeII-4 | WSMR LC36 | BP-22 | Test LES capability at an altitude approximating the upper limit for the canard subsystem. | ||
| May.25.1965 02:35:01 EST |
A-104 | Saturn-Apollo (Pegasus2) |
Saturn1 | SA-8 | 37B | BP-26 & Pegasus B | carried boilerplate Apollo spacecraft and Pegasus satellite |
| Jun.29.1965 06:00:01 MST |
Pad-Abort-Test-2 | none | WSMR LC36 | BP-23A(modified BP-23 used in A-002) | Test LES capability to propel a CM in Lanch pad before ignition. | ||
| Jul.30.1965 08:00:00 EST |
A-105 | Saturn-Apollo (Pegasus3) |
Saturn1 | SA-10 | 37B | BP-9A & Pegasus C | carried boilerplate Apollo spacecraft and Pegasus satellite |
| Jan.20.1966 08:17:01 MST |
A-004 | LittleJoeII-5 | WSMR LC36 | CSM-002(Block1) | First flight of Block-I CSM.Test stabilize in high rate of tumbling after abort. | ||
| Feb.26.1966 11:12:01 EST |
AS-201 | Apollo-Saturn | Saturn1B | SA-201 | 34 | CSM-009(Block1) | First Saturn-1B flight.Unmanned test of command module heat shield,emergency detection system. Called Apollo 1 unofficially. |
| Jul.05.1966 10:53:17 EST |
AS-203 | Apollo-Saturn | Saturn1B | SA-203 | 37B | S-IVB,IU,LH2,nose cone | Unmanned test of Saturn S-IVB stage on erath orbit.CSM has not carried. |
| Aug.25.1966 13:15:32 EST |
AS-202 | Apollo-Saturn | Saturn1B | SA-202 | 34 | CSM-011(Block1) | Unmanned test of rocket's reliability Called Apollo 2 unofficially. |
| ----------- | AS-204 |
Apollo 1mission description |
Saturn1B | SA-204 | 37B | CSM-012(Block1) | First planned manned mission; crew killed in 1/27/67 fire during rehearsal
Called as Apollo 1 in honor of the crew. |
| Nov.09.1967 07:00:01 EST |
AS-501 | Apollo 4 | SaturnV | SA-501 | 39A | CM-017(Block1),SM-020,LTMA | Unmanned test (first) of Saturn V; test of CM heat shield at high speed |
| Jan.22.1968 17:48:08 EST |
AS-204 | Apollo 5 | Saturn1B | SA-204 | 37B | LM-1 & nosecone (replacing the CSM) | Unmanned test of Lunar Module |
| Apr.04.1968 07:00:01 EST |
AS-502 | Apollo 6 | SaturnV | SA-502 | 39A | CM-020(Block1),SM-014,LTMA-2R | Final man-rating (last unmanned flight) |
| Oct.11-22.1968 11:02:45 EST |
AS-205 |
Apollo 7mission description |
Saturn1B | SA-205 | 34 | CSM-101 | First manned Apollo flight; practiced rendezvous in Earth orbit |
| Dec.21-27.1968 07:51:00 EST |
AS-503 |
Apollo 8mission description |
SaturnV | SA-503 | 39A | CSM-103,LMTA | First manned flight to orbit the moon |
| Mar.03-13.1969 11:00:00 EST |
AS-504 |
Apollo 9mission description |
SaturnV | SA-504 | 39A | CSM-104,LM-3 | Tested Lunar Module in Earth orbit |
| May.18-26.1969 12:49:00 EST |
AS-505 |
Apollo 10mission description |
SaturnV | SA-505 | 39B | CSM-106,LM-4 | Tested Lunar Module in lunar orbit |
| Jul.16-24.1969 09:32:00 EST |
AS-506 |
Apollo 11mission description |
SaturnV | SA-506 | 39A | CSM-107,LM-5 | First lunar landing (Sea of Tranquility) |
| Nov.14-24.1969 11:22:00 EST |
AS-507 |
Apollo 12mission description |
SaturnV | SA-507 | 39A | CSM-108,LM-6 | Second lunar landing (Ocean of Storms) |
| Apr.11-17.1970 14:13:00 EST |
AS-508 |
Apollo 13mission description |
SaturnV | SA-508 | 39A | CSM-109,LM-7 | Mission aborted by SM oxygen tank explosion. |
| Jan.31-Feb.09.1971 16:03:00 EST |
AS-509 |
Apollo 14mission description |
SaturnV | SA-509 | 39A | CSM-110,LM-8 | Third lunar landing (Fra Mauro) |
| Jul.26-Aug.07.1971 09:34:00 EST |
AS-510 |
Apollo 15mission description |
SaturnV | SA-510 | 39A | CSM-112,LM-10 | Fourth lunar landing (Hadley-Appenine region);first use of "Rover" vehicle on moon |
| Apr.16-27.1972 12:54:00 EST |
AS-511 |
Apollo 16mission description |
SaturnV | SA-511 | 39A | CSM-113,LM-11 | Fifth lunar landing (Descartes Highlands) |
| Dec.07-19.1972 00:33:00 EST |
AS-512 |
Apollo 17mission description |
SaturnV | SA-512 | 39A | CSM-114,LM-12 | Sixth lunar landing (Taurus-Littrow); final Apollo mission.First scientist boarding. |
| May.14.1973 13:30:00 EDT |
AS-513 | Skylab 1(SL1) | SaturnV | SA-513 | 39A | S-IVB-212(OWS) | Launch space laboratory SkyLab (unmanned) |
| May.25.1973 09:00:00 EDT |
AS-206 | Skylab 2(SL2) | Saturn1B | SA-206 | 39B | CSM-116 | Launch first SkyLab stay staffs.The repair of the solar battery panel trouble.Stay 28 days. |
| Jul.28.1973 07:11:00 EDT |
AS-207 | Skylab 3(SL3) | Saturn1B | SA-207 | 39B | CSM-117 | Launch second SkyLab stay staffs.Stay 59 days. |
| Nov.16.1973 09:01 EST |
AS-208 | Skylab 4(SL4) | Saturn1B | SA-208 | 39B | CSM-118 | Launch last SkyLab stay staffs.Stay 84 days. |
| Jul.15.1975 | AS-210 | Apollo-Soyuz Test Program (ASTP) | Saturn1B | SA-210 | 39B | CSM-111,Docking Module(DM) | Rendezvous and docking with Soyuz spaceship of the Soviet Union.Flight 9 days. |