Apollo 5: Saturn 1B rocket - Apollo 5: Saturn 1B rocket - The Saturn 1B...

Apollo 5: Saturn 1B rocket - Apollo 5: Saturn 1B rocket - The Saturn 1B rocket on its fire pitch awaits its its launch scheduled for January 22, 1968 for the Apollo 5 test mission. AS-204, the fourth Saturn IB launch vehicle, awaits its its January 22, 1968 liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida for the unmanned Apollo 5 mission. Primary mission objectives included the verification of the Apollo Lunar Model's (LM) ascent and descent propulsion systems and an evaluation of the S - IVB stage instrument unit performance. In all, nine Saturn IB flights were made, ending with the Apollo - Soyuz Test Project in July 1975