The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology.
APPENDIX 6
Hardware Manufacture and Acceptance
Excerpted from material compiled by North American Rockwell's Space Division Public Relation Office.
Section A - Boilerplates
No. Unit Acceptance Use Location
Date (m-d-y)
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BP-1 CM 11-14-62 Land and water impact tests MSC
BP-2 CM 12-11-62 Land and water impact tests MSC
BP-3 CM 4-15-63 Parachute recovery
BP-6 CM 7-01-63 Pad abort
LES 7-01-63 Pad abort
BP-9 CM 3-11-63 Dynamic test
SM 3-11-63
LES 3-11-63
Adapter 3-11-63
BP-12 CM 2-16-64 Transonic abort
SM 2-25-64 Transonic abort
LES 2-22-64 Transonic abort
BP-13 CM 2-17-64 Booster and launch
SM 2-15-64 environment compatibility
LES 2-15-64
Adapter 2-14-64
BP-15 CM 6-14-64 Booster and launch
SM 6-05-64 environment compatibility
LES 6-14-64
Adapter 6-05-64
BP-16 CM 8-17-64 Booster, flight compatibility
LES 8-17-64
Adapter 8-17-64
BP-19 CM 2-19-63 Parachute recovery
BP-23 CM 9-17-64 High-Q abort
SM 9-14-64 High-Q abort High-Q abort
LES 9-19-64
BP-25 CM 10-02-62 Water recovery and handling MSC
equipment tests
BP-26 CM 8-10-64 Micrometeoroid flight
SM 8-18-64
LES 8-18-64
Adapter 8-18-64
BP-27 CM 9-25-64 Dynamic tests MSFC
SM 9-28-64 Dynamic tests MSFC
LES 9-25-64 Dynamic tests MSFC
Section B - Mockups, Trainers, Simulators
M-2 CM 9-29-62 Interior arrangement KSC
M-3 CM 9-10-62 Interior arrangement KSC
M-4 SM 11-14-62 Interface studies
(partial)
Adapter 11-14-62
(partial)
M-5 CM 10-12-62 Exterior arrangement NAA Storage
M-7 SM 11-04-62 Design studies MSC
M-9 CM 1-04-63 Handling and transportation Tulsa
SM 1-04-63 studies KSC
LES 1-04-63
Adapter 1-04-63
M-11 CM 1-04-63 Handling and transportation KSC
SM 1-04-63 studies Tulsa
LES 1-04-63 KSC
Adapter 1-04-63
M-12 CM 10-12-62 Crew support studies
(partial)
M-22 CM 3-18-64 Interior and exterior
arrangement
M-23 CM 12-01-64 Umbilical tests MSFC
(partial)
SM 12-01-64 MSFC
(partial)
LES 12-01-64 MSFC
(partial)
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