Nov 4 1967
From The Space Library
NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight Dr. George Mueller announced revised Apollo mission schedule of six flights in 1968 and five in 1969 using "200-series" (Uprated Saturn) and "500-series" (Saturn V) launch vehicles to test and qualify Command, Service, and Lunar Modules (CSM and LM) . Schedule for 1968 would include: Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204), first unmanned test of LM in earth orbit; AS-502, second unmanned flight test of Saturn V and Apollo C&SM; AS-503, third unmanned test of Saturn V and C&SM; AS-206, second unmanned flight test of LM in earth orbit; AS-205, first manned Apollo flight, a 10-day mission to qualify C&SM for further manned operations; AS-504, first manned Apollo flight on Saturn V, to provide experience with both C&SM and LM, including crew transfer from C&SM to LM and rendezvous and docking. Schedule for 1969 would include five manned flights (AS-505 through AS-509) with the first four programmed as lunar mission development flights or lunar mission simulations-AS-509 being that on which lunar landing would be made. Possibly the lunar landing might be delayed until one of the remaining six Saturn V flights beyond 1969. All opportunities to accelerate progress in 1969 toward manned flights and a rapid accumulation of manned experience with Apollo/ Saturn system would be sought, Mueller said. (NASA Release 67-282)
NASA appointed Edward M. Shafer, Assistant General Counsel, to become Associate General Counsel. Shafer's principal responsibilities had been in the areas of international programs and communications satellites. He had served as Chairman of NASA Board of Contract Appeals since Jan. 1, 1965. (NASA Ann, 11/8/67)
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