Fast Facts

Information:

1. This marked the initial flight testing of S-IC and S-II stages.
2. This mission wanted to demonstrate structural and thermal integrity and compatibility of launch vehicle and spacecraft.
3. The mission wanted to verify operation of the command module heatshield.
4. The mission also wanted to evaluate performance of emergency detection system in an open-loop configuration.
5. It was launched from the Kennedy Space Center for the first time.

Significance:

This was the first unmanned flight to successfully carry the Apollo Command and Service Module into Earth's orbit.