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Saturn IB

AS-201AS-201, a 37-minute Apollo test flight in 1966, succeeded even though three things went wrong.
AS-203AS-203 ended in an explosion, and NASA still called the 1966 rocket flight a success.
S-IBThe S-IB rocket stage was built from tanks borrowed from two older missiles. It launched Apollo 7.
Apollo 7Apollo 7's commander refused to let his crew wear helmets for reentry. Walter Schirra feared burst eardrums.
AS-202Footage of an uncrewed 1966 rocket test has been mistaken for Apollo 11. AS-202's staging film appears in documentaries.
Apollo 1Apollo 1 never left the ground, yet three astronauts died in it. A fire broke out during a test on a fuel-free rocket.
Apollo 5Apollo 5 flew the first lunar module with metal plates where its windows should be. No crew rode the 1968 test flight.
Saturn IBEngineers nicknamed the Saturn IB's first stage Cluster's Last Stand. It used recycled missile tanks.
S-IVBOne S-IVB rocket stage was turned into Skylab, the first American space station. Three successive crews lived aboard it.
SkylabSkylab, America's first space station, was built from a leftover Moon rocket stage.
Apollo–SoyuzIn July 1975, an American and a Soviet commander shook hands in orbit. Apollo-Soyuz joined the two rival space programs.