Mission Control Center during the Apollo V Launch
Dr. Robert R. Gilruth (right), Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Director, sits with Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC director of flight operations, at his flight operations director console in the Mission Control Center, Building 30, during the Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) mission. Apollo 5, which lifted off on January 22, 1968, was the first uncrewed flight test of the Apollo Lunar Module—the spacecraft that would later carry astronauts to the Moon's surface.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S68-18733
Date: January 22, 1968
Mission Control Center during the Apollo V Launch
Dr. Robert R. Gilruth (right), Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Director, sits with Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC director of flight operations, at his flight operations director console in the Mission Control Center, Building 30, during the Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) mission. Apollo 5, which lifted off on January 22, 1968, was the first uncrewed flight test of the Apollo Lunar Module—the spacecraft that would later carry astronauts to the Moon's surface.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S68-18733
Date: January 22, 1968