Name of Image: AS-205 Launch
MIX #: 6870605
NIX #: MSFC-6870605
Date of Image: 1968-10-01
Category: Saturn Apollo Program
Full Description: AS-205, the fifth Saturn IB launch vehicle developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on the first marned Apollo-Saturn mission, Apollo 7. Primary mission objectives included demonstration of the Apollo crew (Walter Schirra, Don Eisele, and Walter Cunningham) capabilities and the Command/Service Module rendezvous capability. In all, nine Saturn IB flights were made, ending with the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in July 1975.
Orginal NASA relase to the picture: Name of Image: AS-205 Launch <br> MIX #: 6870605<br> NIX #: MSFC-6870605 <br> Date of Image: 1968-10-01<br> Category: Saturn Apollo Program Full Description: AS-205, the fifth Saturn IB launch vehicle developed by