Project Apollo
The Apollo program included several pad abort tests for the launch escape system with a boilerplate crew module.
- Pad Abort Test-1 was conducted on November 7, 1963, and
- Pad Abort Test-2 was conducted on June 29, 1965.
Both tests were conducted at the White Sands Missile Range.
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