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NASA / Unidentified Photographer

LM-1, the first Lunar Module spacecraft to fly into space

Apollo 5, June 1967

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption on a separate page and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, with filing holes in top margin

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NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Liftoff of the Saturn IB space vehicle carrying the first LM spacecraft into space

Apollo 5, January 22, 1968

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-68-19402” in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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The photograph was taken during checkout at the Manned Spacecraft Operations at the Kennedy Space Center. Apollo 5 (also known as AS-204), was the first unmanned flight of the Apollo Lunar Module (LM), which would later carry astronauts to the lunar surface. The Apollo 5 objective was to test the Lunar Module in a space environment, in particular its descent and ascent engine systems, and its ability to separate the ascent and descent stages. The descent engine would become the first throttleable rocket engine fired in space.

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“The Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) unmanned space mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 37 at 5:48:09 p.m. (EST), Jan. 22, 1968. The Lunar Module-1 payload was boosted into Earth orbit by a launch vehicle composed of a Saturn IB first stage and a Saturn SIVB second stage. The Apollo Lunar Module’s first flight test was called a complete success. Ascent and descent propulsion systems and the ability to abort a lunar landing and return to orbit were demonstrated” (NASA caption).