Manned Spacecraft Center Progress Report, July-December 1967

Duration: 15:39

Year Published: 1967

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: On November 9, 1967, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully launched Apollo 4 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida for an earth orbital mission. The event marked the first unmanned test flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle. This NASA government film not only captures the launch of Apollo 4—including footage shot from the rocket as it blasts into space—but also surveys the progress made during the second half of 1967 to prepare for a future manned lunar landing. Paying particular attention to operations at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston (now known as Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center), the film documents astronaut training exercises, such as the use of Command Module and Docking Simulators; flammability studies by engineers; and Lunar Receiving Laboratory experiments.