The Explorers' Club, № CMXVIII

Operation AXIOM: Destination Moon—The 60th Anniversary of Saturn-Apollo 3
16 November 1962: Saturn-Apollo 3 (Saturn I S.A.-3) lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station; the S-I first stage was fully fueled for the first time & the outboard H-1 engines burned until propellant depletion, rather than a timed cutoff; the inert S-IV second & S-V third stages were again filled with water ballast & intentionally detonated, the second & final Project Highwater test.

Commentary: The sixtieth anniversary of the Saturn-Apollo 3 test flight, 16 November 1962, clashed with the fortieth anniversary of the S.T.S.-5 manned Space Shuttle mission (11-16 November 1982). In all such conflicts, precedence will always be given to the manned spaceflight over the unmanned.

Semper exploro.