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Apollo 4

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 28, 2022 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  10:31, 14 June 2022 (UTC)



The Apollo 4 mission was the first, uncrewed, Apollo flight and served as an initial test of the Saturn V rocket. The first launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, where the space vehicle was assembled, it was originally planned to take place late in 1966 but was delayed to November 9, 1967 due to a myriad of issues. These included the need for additional inspections following the Apollo 1 fire that killed the first Apollo crew in January 1967. The Apollo 4 was an "all-up" test, meaning that the spacecraft was fully functional on its initial flight, the first such for NASA. The Apollo 4 command module splashed down just under nine hours after its launch, having completed all objectives. NASA deemed the mission a complete success as it proved that the Saturn V rocket worked, which was important in achieving NASA's overall goal of sending astronauts to the moon and returning them to earth safely by the end of the 1960s.
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 * Main editors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wehwalt
 * Promoted: 18, October, 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: In my opinion the Apollo 4 mission was quite interesting and historically relevant yet is relatively unknown
 * Support as nominator. Googleguy007 (talk) 03:19, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment As principal author of the article, I have no objection to the nomination. The blurb may need some work though. I'll try to do it when I have more time.--Wehwalt (talk) 05:24, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I've worked on it some.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:28, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Support Gog the Mild (talk) 17:11, 17 May 2022 (UTC)