video for embeddin' at scitech.quickfound.net Preparation at Kennedy Space Center o' Saturn V SA-501 for t' Apollo 4 mission, t' first Saturn V launch, on November 9, me bucko, 1967. Silent. Blimey! part 1: www.youtube.com Apollo 4 Launch & Flight video: www.youtube.com "Apollo mission SA 501 preliminary mission profile" by TRW: ntrs.nasa.gov "Investigation o' SA-501 S-4B auxiliary propulsion system anomalies" ntrs.nasa.gov Wikipedia: Apollo 4, (also known as Apollo-Saturn 501 and AS-501), matey, was t' first unmanned test flight o' t' Saturn V launch vehicle, me bucko, which was used by t' Apollo program t' send t' first men t' t' Moon. Apollo 4 flew t' S-IC first stage and S-II second stage for t' first time, arrr, and demonstrated t' first in-flight restart o' t' S-IVB third stage. Ya scallywag! T' launch, me bucko, at 7am EST on November 9, 1967 from Launch Complex 39, was t' first from t' John F. Begad! Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida. Aye aye! T' mission tested t' complete Saturn V and Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) stack in what is known in t' aerospace industry as an "all-up test", matey, meanin' all stages were live and functional on t' first flight. Well, blow me down! T' mission used a Block I CSM modified t' test several important Block II revisions, arrr, includin' its heat shield at simulated lunar-return speeds o' approximately 36500 feet per second (11100 m/s). T' mission was deemed a complete success by NASA, and significantly advanced Apollo toward its goal o' landin' men on t' Moon by t' end o' t' 1960s. Blimey! This was t' ...