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Saturn V | Apollo 4
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
Apollo 4 was an "all-up" test, meaning all rocket stages and spacecraft were fully functional on the initial flight, a first for NASA. It was the first time the S-IC first stage and S-II second stage flew. It also demonstrated the S-IVB third stage's first in-flight restart. The mission used a Block I Command Service Module (CSM) modified to test several key Block II revisions, including its heat shield at simulated lunar-return velocity and angle.
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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.
A flight sequence has not been published for this mission.