SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME III
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 1969-1978
 

Table 1-25. Listing of Saturn IB/Saturn V Vehicles.

 

Vehicle Serial #

Date

Mission

Saturn Vehicle Successful a

.

SA-504

March 3, 1969

Apollo 9, earth orbit (SV)

Yes

SA-505

May 18, 1969

Apollo 10, lunar orbit (SV)

Yes

SA-506

July 16, 1969

Apollo 11, lunar orbit (SV)

Yes

SA-507

Nov. 14, 1969

Apollo 12, lunar landing(SV)

Yes

SA-508

April 11, 1970

Apollo 13, lunar landing(SV)

Yes

SA-509

Jan. 31, 1971

Apollo 14, lunar landing(SV)

Yes

SA-510

July 26, 1971

Apollo 15, lunar landing(SV)

Yes

SA-511

April 16, 1972

Apollo 16, lunar landing(SV)

Yes

SA-512

Dec. 7, 1972

Apollo 17, lunar landing(SV)

Yes

SA-513

May 14, 1973

Skylab 1, earth orbit (SV)

Yes b

SA-206

May 25, 1973

Skylab 2, earth orbit (SIB)

Yes

SA-207

July 28, 1973

Skylab 3, earth orbit (SIB)

Yes

SA-208

Nov. 16, 1973

Skylab 4, earth orbit (SIB)

Yes

SA-210

July 15, 1975

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, earth orbit (SIB)

Yes

a Saturn IB: O failures out of 4 attempts (100% successful); Saturn V: O failures out of 10 attempts (100% successful)

b At 63 seconds after liftoff, the meteoroid shield protecting Skylab was torn off by vibrations suffered by the launch vehicle, damaging the laboratory's solar array system. Subsequent analyses revealed that the shield separation straps had failed. The workshop was positioned in the correct orbit and the damage repaired by the first crew to visit it

 

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