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Apollo 3 on Board Saturn Staging (AS-202)  (FTV-0002000)
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Description
View from onboard the top of the second stage (S-II) of Apollo 3's Saturn 1B rocket watching the third stage S-IVB J-2 engine burn to carry the third stage and the unmanned Apollo Command and Service Modules into high Earth orbit for subsequent re-entry tests. As the third stage disappears out of view the second stage starts to fall back towards the Earth - revealing a view of the planet from 200,000 feet high. The camera ejection moment is caught in the last few frames of the film. Inside its own small capsule it re-entered the atmosphere and parachuted back into the Atlantic Ocean where it was recovered and the film developed. For more information about this clip please visit NASA's Apollo 11 Flight Journal page.

Historic Context of Clip
Background to Apollo 4:
Apollo 4 was the first flight (unmanned) of the Saturn V rocket, the largest launch vehicle ever to fly. The audacity of this first flight on the 9th November 1967 was that the engineers tested all three rocket stages for the first time on the same flight. The flight placed the first Apollo Command and Service Modules in Earth orbit just after 12 noon UT at a height of 116.8 miles. The SPS (Service Propulsion System) engine was fired to blast the Command Module back into the Earth's atmosphere to test its re-entry heat shield and flying abilities.
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Clip Number: FTV-0002000
Duration: 00:02:20
Date Recorded: 09-Dec-1967
Sound: Mute Mute
Color / B&W: Color
Original Media: 16mm Film
Clip Format: Broadcast High Definition DVC Pro HD 1080 23.98 psf
Clip Credit: NASA
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