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試験飛行 > 無人テストミッション

1961年から1968 年にかけて、サターンロケットとアポロ宇宙船のコンポーネントが無人飛行でテストされた。
最初の3つの無人アポロ-サターン (AS) またはアポロの飛行の番号付けと命名には、いくつかの不一致があった。これは、AS-204が事故後アポロ1号に改名されたためである。この有人飛行は、最初の3回の無人飛行に続くことになっていた。火災でAS-204の乗組員がテストおよび訓練中に死亡した後、サターンVロケットと月面モジュールのテストを行うために、無人のアポロの飛行が再開された。これらはアポロ 4、5、6 号と呼ばれていた。したがって、最初の有人アポロ計画はアポロ7号であった。AS-201、AS-202、AS-203をアポロ 1-A、アポロ2、アポロ3に改名することは一時的に検討されたものの、最初の3つの無人飛行に単純な「アポロ」番号が割り当てられることはなかった。
| Mission | LV Serial No | Launch | Remarks | Refs |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SA-1 | Saturn I SA-1 | 27 October 1961  15:06 GMT Launch Complex 34 | Test of Saturn I first stage S-I; dummy upper stages carried water |  |
| SA-2 | Saturn I SA-2 | 25 April 1962  14:00 GMT Launch Complex 34 | Dummy upper stages released 86,685リットル (22,900 US gal) of water into upper atmosphere, to investigate effects on radio transmission and changes in local weather conditions |  |
| SA-3 | Saturn I SA-3 | 16 November 1962  17:45 GMT Launch Complex 34 | Repeat of SA-2 mission |  |
| SA-4 | Saturn I SA-4 | 28 March 1963  20:11 GMT Launch Complex 34 | Test premature shutdown of a single S-I engine |  |
| SA-5 | Saturn I SA-5 | 29 January 1964  16:25 GMT Launch Complex 37B | First flight of live second stage. First orbital flight. |  |
| AS-101 | Saturn I SA-6 | 28 May 1964  17:07 GMT Launch Complex 37B | Tested first boilerplate Apollo command and service module (CSM) for structural integrity |  |
| AS-102 | Saturn I SA-7 | 18 September 1964  17:22 GMT Launch Complex 37B | Carried first programmable-in-flight computer on the Saturn I vehicle; last launch vehicle development flight |  |
| AS-103 | Saturn I SA-9 | 16 February 1965  14:37 GMT Launch Complex 37B | Carried first Pegasus micrometeorite satellite (Pegasus A) in addition to boilerplate CSM |  |
| AS-104 | Saturn I SA-8 | 25 May 1965  07:35 GMT Launch Complex 37B | Carried Pegasus B and boilerplate CSM |  |
| AS-105 | Saturn I SA-10 | 30 July 1965  13:00 GMT Launch Complex 37B | Carried Pegasus C and boilerplate CSM |  |
| AS-201 | Saturn IB AS-201 | 26 February 1966  16:12 GMT Launch Complex 34 | First test of Saturn IB. First flight of Block I Apollo CSM. After a suborbital flight the CM landed in the Atlantic Ocean demonstrating the heat shield; however a propellant pressure loss caused premature SM engine shutdown. |  |
| AS-203 | Saturn IB AS-203 | 5 July 1966  14:53 GMT Launch Complex 37B | No Apollo spacecraft carried; successfully verified restartable S-IVB stage design for Saturn V. Additional testing designed to rupture the tank inadvertently destroyed the stage. |  |
| AS-202 | Saturn IB AS-202 | 25 August 1966  17:15 GMT Launch Complex 34 | Longer duration suborbital to Pacific Ocean splashdown.  CM heat shield tested to higher speed and successful SM firings. |  |
| Apollo 4 | Saturn V AS-501 | 9 November 1967  12:00 GMT Launch Complex 39A | First flight of Saturn V rocket; successfully demonstrated S-IVB third stage restart and tested CM heat shield at lunar re-entry speeds. |  |
| Apollo 5 | Saturn IB AS-204 | 22 January 1968  22:48 GMT Launch Complex 37B | First flight of LM; successfully fired descent engine and ascent engine; demonstrated "fire-in-the-hole" landing abort test. |  |
| Apollo 6 | Saturn V AS-502 | 4 April 1968  16:12 GMT Launch Complex 39A | Second flight of Saturn V; severe "pogo" vibrations caused two second-stage engines to shut down prematurely, and third stage restart to fail. SM engine used to achieve high-speed re-entry, though less than Apollo 4. NASA identified vibration fixes and declared Saturn V man-rated. |  |