Apollo 6 Command Module - Fernbank Science Center - Atlanta, GA
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The Apollo 6 Command Module is on display at the Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Apollo 6 was an unmanned mission and the capsule made 3 orbits around the earth.
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Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2009
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The Apollo 6 Command Module is on display at the Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Apollo 6 was an unmanned mission and the capsule made 3 orbits around the earth.
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Apollo 6, launched on April 4, 1968, was the Apollo program's second and last unmanned test flight of its Saturn V launch vehicle. While the vehicle experienced a number of significant malfunctions, the flight nonetheless provided NASA with enough confidence in the Saturn V to proceed to manned launches.
Objectives
This was the final qualification flight of the Saturn V before its first manned flight (with Apollo 8). (While Apollo 7 was the first manned Apollo mission, it used the smaller Saturn IB, not the Saturn V.) It was also the first mission to use High Bay 3 in the Vertical Assembly Building (VAB), Mobile Launcher 2, and Firing Room 2. Another objective was testing the Command Module re-entry system under extreme conditions, simulating a worst-case return from the Moon. This objective was not met due to J-2 engine failures.