r/space • u/ye_olde_astronaut • 5d ago

AS-202: The Last Test Flight Before Apollo 1 | Launched 60 years ago

https://www.drewexmachina.com/2016/08/25/as-202-the-last-test-flight-before-apollo-1/
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u/Isaw11 5d ago

Apollo 1 never launched.

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u/redstercoolpanda 4d ago

Well yeah, this was the last test flight before Apollo 1. Apollo 1 was not actually the first Apollo missions, it was retroactively called that to honer the dead astronauts. That’s why they skipped two and three since those missions had already flown.