Test Flight
A-003 was the fourth abort test of the Apollo spacecraft. This particular flight is notable because during the abort test flight, an actual abort situation occurred, and further proved the Apollo launch escape system (LES). The CM was successfully pulled away from the malfunctioning Little Joe booster and it landed safely under parachutes.
NASA Mission
#66
Pad Launch
#4
Location Launch
#4
May 19, 1965, 1:01 PM
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White Sands Missile Range is a United States Army military testing area and firing range located in the US state of New Mexico. The range was originally established in 1941 as the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, where the Trinity test site lay at the northern end of the Range, in Socorro County near the towns of Carrizozo and San Antonio. It then became the White Sands Proving Ground on 9 July 1945.
Timezone
America/Denver
Local Launch Time
May 19, 1965, 7:01 AM
Total Launches
5
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
32.3356, -106.4058
