Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p A-101 (also designated SA-6) was the sixth flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle, which carried the first boilerplate Apollo spacecraft into low Earth orbit. The test flight took place on May 28, 1964, lasting for four orbits (about six hours). The spacecraft and its upper stage reentered the atmosphere and landed in the Pacific Ocean on June 1, 1964.The flight experienced a single anomaly: one of the eight first-stage Saturn I engines shut down early, but the guidance system compensated by burning the remaining seven engines longer. A-101 was followed by four more flights to verify the launch aerodynamics of the Apollo Command and Service Module and its Launch Escape System (LES) tower.. }
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- A-101_(spacecraft) abstract "A-101 (also designated SA-6) was the sixth flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle, which carried the first boilerplate Apollo spacecraft into low Earth orbit. The test flight took place on May 28, 1964, lasting for four orbits (about six hours). The spacecraft and its upper stage reentered the atmosphere and landed in the Pacific Ocean on June 1, 1964.The flight experienced a single anomaly: one of the eight first-stage Saturn I engines shut down early, but the guidance system compensated by burning the remaining seven engines longer. A-101 was followed by four more flights to verify the launch aerodynamics of the Apollo Command and Service Module and its Launch Escape System (LES) tower.".