26 February 1966: AS-201 (Saturn IB ["One-B"] S.A.-201), A.K.A. Apollo 1-A, lifted off from Florida's Cape Kennedy A.F.S., the first flight of a production Apollo C.S.M. & the first test flight of a Saturn IB rocket; the suborbital flight tested the S-IB first stage, the S-IVB second stage, & the C.S.M.'s Service Propulsion System; the C.M. re-entered the atmosphere & was recovered by the U.S.S. Boxer.
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