This table compares the major hardware features of all Apollo flights. The idea is to show when certain key changes were made and first flown. There will be more detail in the text of the book. This tabular summary highlights external features. The list is sorted chronologically.
The column labels are pretty self-explanatory. The fourth column ("Type") is the mission type in the progression of increasingly aggressive manned missions. Karl's site has a good summary of this.
Eventually, I hope to add more detail and additional info relevant to scale modelers.
Under LM Notes, note that all missions jettisoned the S-IVB Spacecraft/Lunar Module Adaptor panels except where noted.
| Mission | Date | Launcher | Type | Mission Notes | CM and SM SN | CSM Notes | LM SN | LM Notes |
| A-004 | 1/20/66 | LJ-II | White Sands | 002 | Production s/c but few operational systems. Umbilical was 180 deg opposite later. | none | ||
| AS-201 | 2/26/66 | SA-201 | First Saturn IB, sub-orbital | 009 | CM heat shield test; Block I capsule with smaller windows. CSM painted all white. 2 scimitar antennas on CM. | none | ||
| AS-203 | 7/5/66 | SA-203 | S-IVB test | none | ||||
| AS-202 | 8/25/66 | SA-202 | Booster test | 011 | CM had larger side windows, otherwise CSM was same as 009. | |||
| Apollo 1, AS-204 | n/a | AS-204 | C | Deadly fire, 1/27/67 | 012 | Block I configured like 011, but silver SM with white radiators. CM was painted light gray. | none | |
| Apollo 4, AS-501 | 11/9/67 | SA-501 | First Saturn V | CM-017, SM-020 | Hybrid: Block II heatshield, Block I crew compartment. Blk I SM but with scimitar antennas. CM was silver with white radiators. | Boilerplate test article, LTA-10R | Mass properties simulator | |
| Apollo 5 | 1/22/68 | SA-204 | Saturn IB | None | LM-1 | First LM flight, no landing gear |
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| Not flown |
LM-2 | Never flown, now in NASM |
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| Not flown | LTA-1 | Never flown, similar to LM-1 |
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| Apollo 6, AS-502 | 4/4/68 | SA-502 | Saturn V | CM-020, SM-014 | Hybrid: Block II heatshield, white Block I crew compartment, but Block II hatch. White Blk I SM but with scimitar antennas. SM aft bulkhead was silver. | Boilerplate test article, LTA-2R | Mass simulator |
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| Not flown |
N/A | LTA-8 | Has cylinders on legs instead of "white pad"
leg lock indicators |
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| Apollo 7, AS-205 | 10/11/68 | SA-205 | C | Saturn IB | CSM-101 | Block II but some mixed features. CM had bright aluminized kapton tape finish and white heat shield, but no docking probe/collar; no EVA handles, Blk I couches. SM was mostly dull aluminum paint, but this one had some white RCS quads and other patches; no S-band antenna. | none | SLA petals retained |
| Apollo 8 | 12/21/68 | SA-503 | E, C' | CSM-103 | First LM-capable CSM, including docking probe/collar; no EVA handles or other EVA items. First use of steerable S-band antenna. SM colors become standardized here, aluminum paint with white radiators. | none | ||
| Apollo 9 | 3/3/69 | SA-504 | D | 104 Gumdrop |
Added to CM: - Forward hatch emergency closing link - Precured RTV to side and hatch windows -TV camera -Docking probe, ring and latches -EVA handles [6] |
3 Spider |
True silver color, orange/brown porch | |
| Apollo 10 | 5/18/69 | SA-505 | F | 106 Charlie Brown | 4 Snoopy |
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| Apollo 11 | 7/16/69 | SA-506 | G | 107 Columbia | 5 Eagle |
Add RCS deflectors, some silver areas on ascent stage now painted and appears as gray/green. Add orange kapton on landing pads and lower legs. The kapton orange/gold color is different. | ||
| Apollo 12 | 11/14/69 | SA-507 | H | 108 Yankee Clipper |
6 Intrepid |
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| Apollo 13 | 4/11/70 | SA-508 | H | 109 Odyssey |
7 Aquarius |
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| Apollo 14 | 1/31/71 | SA-509 | H | 110 Kitty Hawk |
8 Antares |
Only use of MET cart |
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| Never flown | H | N/A |
LM-9 | On display at KSC Visitor Center |
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| Apollo 15 | 7/26/71 | SA-510 | J | 112 Endeavor |
First SIM bay | 10 Falcon |
First J-eries, with LRV, blanket patterns change, additional payload storage | |
| Apollo 16 | 4/16/72 | SA-511 | J | 113 Casper |
11 Orion |
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| Apollo 17 | 12/7/72 | SA-512 | J | 114 America |
Unique SIM bay | 12 Challenger |
Unique ALSEP | |
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Never flown | J | N/A |
LM-13 |
Partially completed by Grumman |
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Never flown |
J | N/A | LM-14 |
On display in Philadelphis |
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| Skylab 2 | CSM-116 | Exposed white heatshield on sun (hatch) side of CM only. No S-band antenna. | SLA petals retained | |||||
| Skylab 3 | CSM-117 | ditto | SLA petals retained | |||||
| Skylab 4 | CSM-118 | ditto | SLA petals retained | |||||
| ASTP | CSM-111 | CM was all shiny kapton tape. Sm included S-band antenna; special markings; no EVA handles but kept door handle | ||||||
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Museum Displays of Flight Qualified Hardware |
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| Houston | LTA8 | Has cylinders on legs instead of "white pad" leg lock indicators | ||||||
| n/a | LM-2 | On display at NASM modified to LM-5 | ||||||
| KSC Florida | CSM-119 | Back up Skylab CSM | ||||||
| CSM-102 | Same configuration as CSM-101 | |||||||