Apollo 6 (AS-502), the second and final uncrewed Saturn V/Apollo test before crewed flights, carrying CSM-020. Saturn V from Kennedy LC-39A on 4 April 1968 suffered severe pogo oscillation and an S-IVB restart failure, but still validated lunar-return reentry conditions (partial failure).
- Outcome
- Partial
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 50.4 T
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 13 Saturn V flights
- Date and time
- 4 April 1968, 12:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Saturn V
- Builder
- Boeing / North American / Douglas
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1968-025
- Launches in 1968
- 27th of 128
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