The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology.

APPENDIX 6

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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)
===    ====     ============  ===                            ========
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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