Command Module C-020

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Command Module C-020 was the crew capsule used on NASA’s uncrewed Apollo 6 test flight, designed to validate systems for future manned lunar missions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo command module
crew capsule
spacecraft component
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
crewCapacity 3 astronauts
crewStatusOnMission uncrewed
designedFor crewed lunar landing architecture
lunar mission program
hasComponentType control panels
crew couches
environmental control system
parachute recovery system
reaction control system
heatShieldType ablative heat shield
historicalEra Space Race NERFINISHED
launchDate 1968-04-04
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
manufacturer North American Rockwell NERFINISHED
missionDesignation Apollo 6 command module NERFINISHED
missionNumber Apollo 6 NERFINISHED
missionOutcome partial success
missionType uncrewed test flight
operator NASA
partOf Apollo 6 NERFINISHED
predecessorInProgram Apollo 4 command module C-017 NERFINISHED
primaryPurpose test command module performance on Saturn V
validate systems for future crewed Apollo missions
programGoalContext enable future crewed lunar orbit and landing missions
programPhase Apollo test phase
recovered true
recoveryAgency U.S. Navy NERFINISHED
recoveryMethod splashdown in the Pacific Ocean
reentryType Earth atmospheric reentry
shape blunt-body cone
spaceAgencyProgram NASA Apollo lunar landing program NERFINISHED
spacecraftRole crew capsule
spacecraftSeries Block II Apollo command module
spaceProgram Apollo program NERFINISHED
testedSystems command module propulsion and control
communications systems
electrical power systems
guidance and navigation systems
structural integrity under Saturn V launch loads
thermal protection during reentry
usedFor qualification of Block II command module design
usedOnLaunchVehicle AS-502
Saturn V NERFINISHED

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Apollo 6 spacecraftComponent Command Module C-020