30 July 1965: AS-105 (Saturn I S.A.-10) lifted off from Florida's Cape Kennedy A.F.S., the fifth flight of a boilerplate Apollo C.S.M. & the tenth & final test flight of a Saturn I rocket; the primary objective was to test the launch vehicle's internal guidance systems; AS-105 also deployed the final micrometeoroid detection satellite, Pegasus III, which remained in operation until 1968 & in orbit only until 1969.
"The Explorers' Club," № DCCCXLVI: The 60th Anniversary of Saturn-Apollo 1
"The Explorers' Club," № DCCCLXXXII: The 60th Anniversary of Saturn-Apollo 2
"The Explorers' Club," № CMXVIII: The 60th Anniversary of Saturn-Apollo 3
"The Explorers' Club," № CMXLI: The 60th Anniversary of Saturn-Apollo 4
"The Explorers' Club," № MVII: The 60th Anniversary of Saturn-Apollo 5
"The Explorers' Club," № MXXIX: The 60th Anniversary of AS-101
"The Explorers' Club," № MXLVIII: The 60th Anniversary of AS-102
"The Explorers' Club," № MLXXIV: The 60th Anniversary of AS-103
"The Explorers' Club," № MXCI: The 60th Anniversary of AS-104
Ex Luna, scientia.
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