[1] Apollo-Saturn 201 / Unidentified photographer
Launch of AS-201
February 26, 1966
Vintage photograph with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso. There is an additional piece of hand-written card reading, ‘AS 201 / 2-26-66 / suborbital lob shot for re entry / heat shield test.’

[2] Apollo-Saturn 201 / Unidentified photographer
Launch of Apollo Saturn 201: first of the S-1-B series
February 26, 1966
Vintage photograph with NASA MSC caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso with identifying number “107-KSC-66PC-21”.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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Lot Essay

[1] The launch of AS-201 on February 26, 1966. This was an unmanned suborbital mission to test the vehicle as well as the Apollo Command and Service Modules. It reached an altitude of 303 miles and travelled 5,264 miles downrange during the thirty-seven minute flight.

[2] The Apollo/Saturn 201 was the first of the S-1-B series. It lifted off pad 34 at 11:23am, February 26, 1966 from Cape Kennedy, Florida.
From NASA caption.