Saturn V Vehicles and Launches
| Serial Number |
Mission | Launch Date |
Notes |
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| SA-500F | Facilities integration | Used to check precise fits and operations of facilities before a flight model was ready. First stage scrapped, second stage converted to S-II-F/D, third stage whereabouts unknown. |
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| SA-500D | Dynamic testing | Used to evaluate the systems' response to vibrations. On display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama |
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| SA-501 | Apollo 4 | November 9, 1967 | First test flight (unmanned), complete success |
| SA-502 | Apollo 6 | April 4, 1968 | Second test flight (unmanned), with some serious second and third stage problems occurring |
| SA-503 | Apollo 8 | December 21, 1968 | First manned flight of Saturn V, first manned lunar orbit |
| SA-504 | Apollo 9 | March 3, 1969 | Earth orbit LM test |
| SA-505 | Apollo 10 | May 18, 1969 | Lunar orbit LM test |
| SA-506 | Apollo 11 | July 16, 1969 | First manned lunar landing, at Mare Tranquillitatis |
| SA-507 | Apollo 12 | November 14, 1969 | Second manned lunar landing, near site of Surveyor 3 at Mare Cognitum. Vehicle was struck twice by lightning shortly after liftoff with no serious damage. |
| SA-508 | Apollo 13 | April 11, 1970 | Severe, near catastrophic pogo oscillations in second stage caused early center engine shutdown. Service Module O2 tank rupture caused mission abort en route to moon, crew saved. |
| SA-509 | Apollo 14 | January 31, 1971 | Third manned lunar landing, near Fra Mauro |
| SA-510 | Apollo 15 | July 26, 1971 | Fourth manned lunar landing, first Lunar Roving Vehicle, at Hadley-Apennine |
| SA-511 | Apollo 16 | April 16, 1972 | Fifth manned lunar landing, at Descartes |
| SA-512 | Apollo 17 | December 6, 1972 | Sixth and final manned lunar landing, at Taurus-Littrow. First and only night launch |
| SA-513 | Skylab 1 | May 14, 1973 | Two-stage Skylab version (Saturn INT-21). The third stage (S IV-513) was replaced for flight by the Skylab module and is on display at Johnson Space Center. |
| SA-514 | Unused | Designated but never used for Apollo 18 or 19. First stage (S-IC-14) on display at Johnson Space Center, second and third stage (S-II-14,S-IV-14) on display at Kennedy Space Center. |
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| SA-515 | Unused | Designated but never used as a backup Skylab launch vehicle. The first stage is on display at Michoud Assembly Facility. The second stage (S-II-15) is on display at Johnson Space Center. The third stage was converted to a backup Skylab orbital workshop and is on display at the National Air and Space Museum. |
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